Nature at its best.

A reason why many tourists come to St.Maarten is because of are many nature trails. This is something our island is really popular for. We have lots of different types of hikes to follow, you will be able to hike all the way around the island along white sandy beaches, coral beaches, and climb the cliffs to view areas of St Martin from various perspectives. A popular hike that is visited by many tourists a day is The Lottery Farm hike. It’s located on the French side of the island. It’s a beautiful hike through the hills of St.Maarten. The owners realized how good the hike was doing and decided to extend its activities to attract more tourists and different target groups. They now have a hike and fly zone for kids. There is now a restaurant where you can have a nice lunch after your hike. All these nature hikes are talked about in the travel magazines and are most likely advised at an activity desk in a hotel. We have many other hikes that aren’t as popular because they are not as clear to walk through. In my opinion we should make these trails easier for people to walk because it’s a very nice activity to do on the island. The tourism bureau should try and promote these natural trails because these are the simple things of the island that tourists would love to see. Our island has beautiful nature and it’s something beautiful to see.

Mega Yachts

St.Maarten usually caters the middle class tourists but lately it’s been catering to upper middle class tourists. The main reason for this is, is that St.Maarten has a lot of docks specially made for mega yachts, a popular place to dock your yacht on St.Maarten is The Yacht Club. This mega yachts are owned by wealthy people. Docking a yacht at one of our docks costs about $200 dollars per hour. We gain a lot from these mega yachts. The people stay at our fancy pent houses and contribute to our island by buying groceries, renting cars and mainly just spending their vacation here. If more upper middle class people were to spend their vacation here it would better our image as an island. Right now we have the image that we go for quantity and not quality. This meaning that we go for a lot of tourists that don’t spend a lot of money on our island instead of going for a smaller amount of tourists who spend a lot of money on our islands. Islands in the Caribbean who do have the image of quality are St.Barths and Anguilla. A lot of celebrities go to these islands. But this year we’ve had celebrities stay on St.Maarten such as Sarah Jessica Parker and Mariah Carey as well. If a celebrity stays on the island it promotes our island big time. So we should try to better our image and continue serving the upper middle class as well.