St Kitts and Nevis showcased a historic fortress recognized by the UN and its unspoiled beaches at an international travel fair that opened in Taipei yesterday.
“This year, we featured the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site,” St Christopher (St Kitts) and Nevis Ambassador to Taiwan Jasmine Huggins said at the Taipei International Travel Fair.
The British military used African slaves to build the fortress intermittently between the 1690s and 1790s, to ward off attacks by the French.
Huggins had her country’s booth at the fair designed as if it were part of the fortress, even including a cannon to add a sense of realism to the display.
“We want to give an impression as if you are actually coming into the Brimstone Hill,” she said.
History is part of the Caribbean country’s appeal, Huggins said.
“A little known fact is that -Alexander Hamilton, the first treasury secretary of the United States and one of the founding fathers of the United States, was born on the island of Nevis,” Huggins said.
While promoting its beaches as “one of the best-kept secrets of the Caribbean,” St Kitts faces strong competition from other participating countries, such as Thailand.
However, the ambassador believes that St Kitts has an advantage because of its “unspoiled” natural environment.
Visitors to the country, she said, will only be bothered by birds and disturbed by lapping water, as opposed to being surrounded by hordes of tourists.
The warmth and friendliness of the people in St Kitts has no match anywhere, “except perhaps in Taiwan,” she said.
St Kitts is one of the 23 countries that have official diplomatic ties with Taiwan. No visa is needed for Taiwanese citizens traveling to the Caribbean country.
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