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traditional crafts such as bamboo basket
weaving and sugar cane juice squeezing.
Visitors can also opt for a Community
Garden and Creole Cooking tour, where they
go to the house of locals Michael and Daria
Eugene to prepare a traditional Creole meal.
Staying with the locals
Grenada’s Homestay programme offers a
fascinating insight into Grenadian lifestyle.
This isn’t like staying at a bed and breakfast;
homestay guests are treated like members of
the family and are involved in the day-to-day Sandals visitors can volunteer to help out in local schools In Dominica, tourists can join in with the Sea Turtle Conservation project
lives of their hosts and the local community.
Visitors are matched up with local families Helping the locals resort near Montego Bay can take part in its
by interests, hobbies and children. Guests at the Hyatt Regency Aruba hotel can Beyond the Beach programme, which aids
The homes, located across the island, take part in the island’s eco-friendly volun- local communities and was set up after
range from simple wooden houses with tourism programme, which was launched guests asked to be involved in the resort’s
basic amenities to comfortable residences. In earlier this year. They can sign up with the charitable work. They can participate in its
some cases, visitors stay in a self-contained resort’s concierge and join volunteer staff in ongoing programme or individual activities
apartment within the family residence. a morning’s clean-up. such as reading to youngsters at a children’s
Tobago’s Bed and Breakfast Association Jakes, Jamaica’s chic boutique hotel near home, bringing supplies for local schools or
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usually located in or near villages, giving activities at nearby schools, farms, fishing Islands can qualify for a $100 resort credit
visitors the chance to mingle with residents communities and construction projects. and free transfers if they book the resort’s
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