Holidays in Jamaica, Caribbean
Jamaica is a tropical paradise with Caribbean beauty. It is a major Caribbean travel and vacation destinations.
Situated in the Caribbean Sea and south of Cuba, Jamaica has a total land area about 10,831 square kilometers, slightly smaller than Connecticut in the United States.
Jamaica has 2,695,867 (July 2003 estimate) population, including black 90.9%, East Indian 1.3%, white 0.2%, Chinese 0.2%, mixed 7.3%, other 0.1%. English is the official language in Jamaica.
Jamaica gained full independence within the British Commonwealth in 1962. Its economy depends heavily on tourism. It uses the Jamaican dollar (JMD) as its currency. In 2002, exchange rate was about 48.4159 Jamaican dollars for one US dollar. Based on 2002 estimate, Jamaica has about 100,000 Internet users.
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| Located in a dense tropical forest, Dunn’s River Falls is Jamaica’s most famous attraction. This Caribbean paradise consists of a number of waterfalls, which cascade over rock terraces down to the Caribbean Sea below, and beautiful natural pools that have formed in the rockface. The falls are shallow enough to enable visitors to climb the 183m (600ft) limestone tiers to reach a tropical shower, from where they can enjoy panoramic views of the surrounding area. There are beautiful beaches at the bottom of these magnificent falls that are also famous for featuring in the first James Bond film, Dr No. They are considered by many to be the Niagara Falls of the Caribbean and are set in the luscious surroundings of the Dunn’s River Falls Park with its many tree ferns and orchids. |
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