In a destination known for 365 of the bluest blues with turquoise seas and azure skies, Antigua and Barbuda is highlighting another side of its gorgeous landscape on the south-west coastline; focusing on its lush green rainforest, rolling hills, environmentally aware hotels, restaurants and activities that surround the area now known as ‘The Green Corridor’.
Visitors are being encouraged to journey to Antigua and Barbuda to experience the Green Corridor, which stretches along the south-west coast from the village of Bolans to the village of John Hughes in Antigua.
The Green Corridor launched in July 2017, during the International Year of Sustainable Tourism. It is a designated area of Antigua where the businesses that are directly and indirectly related to tourism and have agreed to a set of principles based on respect for local culture, positive influence on the local community, environmental stewardship and economic viability while maintaining all of these, are highlighted, and promoted.
Senior Sustainable Tourism Officer and head of the Sustainable Tourism Unit in Antigua and Barbuda’s Ministry of Tourism, Vashti Ramsey-Casimir says, “The South side was chosen as it has the highest scenic value on island. It also has the highest concentration of locally owned and managed tourism businesses that are all making steps towards achieving the aforementioned principles.”
Visitors planning to experience the Green Corridor can expect excursions, restaurants and hotels that promote environmental stewardship, local economic benefits, social responsibility, and cultural preservation.
