Ishani Duttagupta & Raja Awasthi
Times News Network Saturday, January 06, 2007
Forget the Swiss Alps and exotic Thai beaches. The next holiday season belongs to the Caribbean. A heady mix of cricket, steel drums and Angosturas is set to keep travel buffs and cricket fans in good spirits. And the travel industry is all set to cash in.
Starting January 15 right up to May 15 (the end of ICC Cricket World Cup 2007), the nine CARICOM (Caribbean Community) host countries – Antigua & Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts & Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad & Tobago – along with Dominica are launching a six-month, multiple entry visa into the single domestic space created by the governments to facilitate seamless travel within the region for the World Cup. All Indian nationals travelling to the region during the period will have to use the special visa.