Destination: Grenada
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Political turmoil rarely bodes well for a nation’s tourism sector. In an odd twist of fate, though, 1983’s Operation Urgent Fury, the U.S.-led invasion of Grenada, would set the stage for the tiny island nation’s entrance into the high-end travel market. True, the bombing of the harbor (spurred by fears of a Cuban-Grenadian Marxist alliance) destroyed the Islander Hotel, where much of the famed 1957 movie Island in the Sun was filmed, and transformed the capital, St. George’s, once a yachties’ haunt, into a ghost town practically overnight. But in the sleepy decades that followed, Grenada would have time to observe the mass-tourist mistakes of other Caribbean destinations. By 2000, the (stable and democratic) government, determined to steer clear of frat parties, fanny packs and all-inclusive resorts, had set high standards for interested developers and established a rather quaint Caribbean construction code stating that no building could be higher than the island’s tallest palm tree. Over the years, a few in-the-know Scandinavians (drawn to the sailing), Canadians (lured by Grenada’s proximity and decent flight options) and Germans (always early...
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