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We spend thousands travelling overseas in search of something different, while visitors cross the world to experience what we have at home. Maybe it’s time we started seeing the Caribbean through their eyes.
Caribbean women for generations have been conditioned to believe that everything is better overseas. Magazines, television and other media, for example, market international cities like London, New York, and Paris, as highly desirable vacation destinations, the centers of fashion, luxury, the thrill of something different, and for their affordability.
Meanwhile, many think traveling within the Caribbean carries a heavy financial cost. In many cases, inter-island airfare can cost more than a ticket to New York City. For many, the logic is simple: If you’re spending that much money to travel to a nearby island, why not go farther and get more for your money? But international travel isn’t necessarily more affordable overall.
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