Travel and Tourism Needs  -  Spring 2001

• Lesser known Bahama Islands including Abaco, Acklins, Andros, Berry, Bimini, Cat, Eluthera, Exuma, Harbor Island, Inagua, Long, Harbor Island, Mayaguana, New Providence and San Salvador. ($$$)
• New Providence outside Nassau and Paradise Island. Nassau and Paradise Island, but must be excellent! ($$$)
• Barbados including detailed travel coverage of all important tourist destinations, beaches, National Parks, etc. ($$$)
• Monteserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Tobago - concentrate on the great beaches and palms, and Turks and Caicos. ($$$)
• Beaches on St. Barts and every other Caribbean Island. Files very weak on coverage of Caribbean beaches. Note beach name! ($$$)
• Drake Bay, Osa Peninsula, Cano Island scenics in Costa Rica including hotels, activities, ecotourism. ($$$)
• Rafting, horseback riding, mountain biking, kayaking, sea kayaking, surfing in Costa Rica. ($$)
• Famous travel destinations (check travel office brochures) in Latin America and the Caribbean. ($$$$)
• Famous hotels and resorts in Latin America and the Caribbean. ($$)
• National parks in Argentina, with and without people.
• National Parks in Chile.
• Juan Griego Bay, Margarita Island, Venezuela.
• National Parks in Puerto Rico.
• Hot spring resorts in Mexico (better known ones around Cuernavaca and Puebla).
• Water sports bicycling, hiking, backpacking, camping and riding in Latin American countries. ($)
• Belize, especially ecotourism.  There has been a huge interest in Belize lately.  Be careful.  I have been robbed each of the 3 times I visited Belize City, but never outside the city!
• St. Vincent, and smaller, less well known Caribbean Islands.
• Coverage of Venezuelan towns and cities besides Caracas; Venezuelan beaches and tourist attraction special need for Los Roques. ($$)
• Maya ruins and other tourist sites in El Salvador. ($$)
• Vacationers Cartagena beaches, Colombia. ($)
• Pantanal ecological park/swamp along the Upper Paraguay river basin in Brazil and east Bolivia showing animals, vegetation and spectacular views with and without tourists.
• Port of Spain on Trinidad - show city and port.  Need small and large vessels and large ships docked at city’s harbor.
• Patagonian Andes showing ice fields, glaciers, lakes and fjords, volcanoes and fertile valleys called vegas.  Need Tierra del Fuego including Staten Island, Grand Island and the Straights of Magellan.
• Patagonia showing semi-desert tablelands, treeless plains, and salt flats with and without Andes in background.  Need Golfo San Matias, Peninsula Valdes, Golfo San Jose Marine Park, Golfo San Jorge and Punta Mendanosa.
• Lakes at the foot of the Argentine Andes including Lake Nahuel Hupai, Lake Lacar, Lake Buenos Aires, Lake Viedma, and Lake Argentina.
• Latin American food - identify dish. ($$$)
• Well known restaurants and hotels with people (from inside and outside). ($$)
• South American ski resorts.
• College age people active on beaches and in water in Latin America and the Caribbean.  Need sailing, snorkeling, wind surfing, parasailing, scuba diving, volley ball, cookouts, bonfires, etc.
• Ecotourism - groups in natural settings, at jungle camps/lodges, attending field lectures, in transit, in canoes, on horseback, viewing nature through binocs and taking pictures.
• Zona Rosa district of Mexico city showing shoppers window shopping and well dressed business people on street.