Highest rates of murder rates in the Caribbean affect millions of U.S. tourists

Posted on March 7, 2012 • Filed under: Caribbean, Travel News

with winter officially beginning later today, it is high season for vacations in the caribbean . but be warned, the region’s high rate of crime is spilling over into the tourist areas on many islands. michelle kosinski is in miami.
reporter: you just think paradise, right? but would you believe that as a region, the caribbean has the highest murder rate in the world. and it says something to the people who brought this to our attention work in the tourism industry . they want people to go down there, but they feel it has reached a level that tourists should know about it. Read article

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