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personalised by owner managed office with
all qualified and experienced staff.
We operate the latest computerised
reservations and have keen airfares,
holidays, hotels, self-drive cars and cruises.
We offer prompt confirmations and tickets.
Our services include groups and incentive
travel.
Jamaica
Ever since Errol Flynn cavorted here with
his Hollywood pals in the 1930s and '40s, travellers have
regarded Jamaica as one of the most alluring of the Caribbean
islands. Its beaches, mountains and carnal red sunsets regularly
appear in tourist brochures promising paradise.
Unlike other nearby islands, it caters to all comers: you
can choose a private villa with your own private beach; laugh
your vacation away at a party-hearty resort; throw yourself
into the thick of the island's life; or concentrate on experiencing
the three Rs: reggae, reefers and rum.
Jamaica's character arises from its complex culture, which
aspires to be African in defiance of both the island's geography
and its colonial history. Jamaicans may have a quick wit and
a ready smile, but this is not the happy-go-lucky island of
Bacardi adverts and Harry Belafonte numbers. The island's
sombre history is rooted in the sugar-plantation economy,
and the slave era still weighs heavily on the national psyche.
Rastafarianism may mean easy skankin' to some, but its confused
expression of love, hope, anger and social discontent encapsulates
modern Jamaica - a densely populated, poverty-ridden country
that is struggling to escape dependency and debt.
Full country name: Jamaica
Area: 4,411 sq km
Population: 2.65 million
People: 76% African descent, 15% Afro-European descent, 4%
European, 3% East Indian & Middle Eastern, 1% Afro-Chinese
& Chinese
Languge: English
Religion: 80% Christian, including revivalist cults such as
Pocomania &Rastafarianism
Government: Independent member of the British Commonwealth
Head of State: Governor General Sir Howard Cooke
Head of Government: Prime Minister Percival J. Patterson
GDP: US$8.8 billion
GDP per capita: US$3,300
Annual Growth: -2%
Inflation: 9.9%
Major Industries: Tourism, bauxite, sugar, bananas.
Major Trading Partners: USA
Windsor & Neate Travel, ABTA/IATA
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airline tickets or an ATOL receipt confirming which ATOL travel firm you are booked with. ATOL is a Travel Protection scheme operated
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