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Guadeloupe (/ ˌ ɡ w ɑː d ə ˈ l uː p / [ɡwad(ə)lup] ⓘ; Guadeloupean Creole French: Gwadloup) is an overseas department and region of France in the Caribbean. [4] It consists of six inhabited islands—Basse-Terre, Grande-Terre, Marie-Galante, La Désirade, and two Îles des Saintes—as well as many uninhabited islands and outcroppings. [5]
From 1950 to 1970, the hotel development was mainly in the Dutch part. Then, tax exemption laws allowed a real estate boom on the French side. The main commercial centers are Philipsburg and Simpson Bay on Dutch/South side and Marigot and Grand Case on the French/North side of the island.
Les Jolies Eaux is a villa situated at the southern tip of Mustique Island. [6] The villa's name is a French term which translates to ‘beautiful waters’. [7] This name was coined by locals as a result of the prime geological location of the property which overlooks the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic. [8]
The unveiling of a futuristic luxury model home on Panama's Caribbean coast tanked Thursday when the SeaPod Eco prototype perched above the water on a column slumped onto an adjacent dock.
Behind the Smile, Second Edition: The Working Lives of Caribbean Tourism. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 978-0-253-00129-0. Karen Wilkes (2016). Whiteness, Weddings, and Tourism in the Caribbean: Paradise for Sale. New York : Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137503909. Polly Pattullo (1996). Last Resorts: the Cost of Tourism in the ...
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La Désirade [1] (French pronunciation: [la deziʁad]; Guadeloupean Creole: Dézirad or Déziwad) is an island in the French West Indies, in the Lesser Antilles of the Caribbean. It forms part of Guadeloupe, [2] an overseas region of France. [3]