Pigeon Point Beach

(Dive Travel Business News - May 10, 2010 ) -- Antigua reportedly is cracking down hard on crime in the wake of the highly-publicized of a cruise ship passenger earlier this year. Antigua's tourism minister, Jon Maginley says, "We have adopted a zero tolerance (for) criminals and their behavior," saying the country will do what it takes to make the country a "safe, secure and peaceful destination."

Industry watcher Seatrade Insider reports the tourism-dependent country has beefed up manpower on its police force, instituted a new community-based policing system and spent millions of dollars on a new communications system for rapid response by law enforcement in the months since the brutal killing of a Star Clippers passenger.  read more »