Saint Croix is the largest of the US Virgin Islands, which lie 1730 miles east south east of Miami and 93 miles west of Puerto Rico. This sector of the Virgin Islands has belonged to the United States since 1917 when they were acquired from the Danish government for $25m in gold to safeguard American coasts from German U-boat attack. Continue reading
Saint Croix is the biggest of the US Virgin Islands although the capital city, Charlotte Amelie, is located on St Thomas. Saint Croix itself has two towns Frederiksted (pop. 830) and Christiansted (pop. 3,000). The name of the island comes from the earlier Spanish name given by Christopher Columbus in 1493 – Santa Cruz or ‘Holy Cross’. As Santa Cruz, Saint Croix gets a lot of mention in swashbuckling stories of pirates and buccaneers sailing on the Spanish Main. Continue reading
Recently, there was a need for cheap hotel rates. Therefore, there has been a fast rise in the number of solitary hotels and backpacker’s inns in countries like Australia. Currently, there is no market for package summer holidays. Tourists are no longer going for the stability of the package tours. The tourists today prefer to make their reservations online. Continue reading