The rise in the range of tourism in Guadeloupe hinders the realities of the terrain

"I come back from Guadeloupe and Martinique, where this tourism has increased and we are going in a very aggressive way to also seek to invest in order to find other customers...," said the Minister of Tourism, Nathalie Delattre, at the end of March, on her return from a visit to the French Antilles. "In Guadeloupe, the Minister participated in the launch of the label "Spiritourisme Moun Peyi", an initiative aimed at valuing the local tourist of…

Guadeloupe is trying to bring up its tourism sector but is facing persistent challenges in this French archipelago of the Caribbean. Guadeloupe's tourism has recorded more than 650,000 arrivals in 2023, and now relies on wealthy visitors from abroad. Between luxury villas and four-star hotels-spa, Guadeloupe dreams of a high-end tourism. But this ambition is met with persistent weaknesses in this French archipelago of the Cara ...

Pointe-à-Pitre - Between luxury villas and four-star hotels-spa, Guadeloupe dreams of high-end tourism, but faces in particular too low demand and structural constraints

Pointe-à-Pitre, 19 Apr 2025 (AFP) – Between luxury villas and four-star hotels-spa, Guadeloupe dreams of high-end tourism. But this ambition is met with persistent weaknesses: aging infrastructures, recurrent water and electricity cuts, lack of training and equipment, all on the background of social tensions. The upscale effort [...]