Norse Atlantic Airways will start flying from London Gatwick to Barbados and Montego Bay, Jamaica, on December 1. Virgin Atlantic has just launched a twice-weekly route from London Heathrow to Turks and Caicos and will next month increase its services into Grenada to three times a week. This winter there are even more ways to reach that life-enhancing sunshine. Almost 400,000 of these will be from the UK, a sure sign that our long-running ardour for this charismatic region remains as strong as ever. The flagship Caribbean island is expected to clock up 3.8 million visitors this year, an increase of over five per cent on pre-pandemic levels. “It’s been a fantastic year,” Donovan White, Jamaica’s director of tourism, recently announced. And that doesn’t look set to change anytime soon. Our love affair with the Caribbean is enduring – the guaranteed warmth, bountiful sunshine, scenic splendour and charismatic people are just a small fraction of what makes it one of our favourite winter sun destinations.
