A Small Place Jolah

Lonely Planet AD:

“On Antigua, life is a beach. Its corrugated coasts cradle hundreds of perfect little strands lapped by beguiling enamel-blue water, while the sheltered bays have provided refuge for everyone from Admiral Nelson to buccaneers and yachties. If you can tear yourself away from that towel, you'll discover that there’s a distinct English accent to this island. You'll find it in the bustling capital of St John's, in salty-glamorous English Harbour, and in the historic forts and other vestiges of the colonial past. Yet, Antigua is also quintessential Caribbean, full of candy-coloured villages, a rum-infused mellowness and bright-eyed locals that greet you with wide smiles.”

• Fantasy world like Disneyland
• The brochure presents a sanitized, safe, idealized, fantasy world paradise with picturesque beaches and coasts
• Still remnants of British slave trade and control over Antigua
• Racist undertone
• "distinct English accent to this island" "Yet, Antigua is also quintessential Caribbean"
• The sheltered bays only provide refuge for white British foreigners
• "Bright eyed locals" who cater to your every need
• The tourist dreamworld ignores the native Antiguan

A Small Place Quote:

“Antigua where the sun always shines and where the climate is deliciously hot and dry for the four to ten days you are going to be staying there; and since you are on your holiday, since you are a tourist, the thought of what it might be like for someone who had to live day in, day out in a place that suffers constantly from drought, and so has to watch carefully every drop of fresh water used, must never cross your mind.” (4)

• The tourism industry overlooks the actual day-to-day problems in Antigua
• Poverty, drought, corruption
• Antigua is not a perfect place. It is not idealized. It is not sheltered.  It is not glamorous.  It is not a fantasy world. There are problems and people are suffering.
• All of the natives are catering to the tourists for the “four to ten days your are going to stay there”
• Giving them priority over water
• Giving them the nicest beaches
• Giving them fake smiles and greetings
  
  
  
  

  http://www.lonelyplanet.com/antigua-and-barbuda/introduction

  http://www.davishunter.com/home/place/Antigua%20and%20Barbuda