Travelweekly "News of a young honeymoon couple shot dead in their hotel room on the Caribbean island of Antigua a year ago sent shock waves through the British public.
The attack on Brits Catherine and Benjamin Mullany in their seaside cottage at the Cocos Hotel on July 27 2008 jarred with the image of Antigua as a sun-drenched, palm-tree-lined idyll.
The world's media shone an unflattering spotlight on the island and its growing crime numbers, fuelling a crisis in confidence in the island paradise.
Fiercely protective of its tourism industry - which contributes 75% of its economy - the Antiguan government has revamped the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda over the past year, and spent millions of dollars on new security measures. But has it done enough to ensure Antigua's tourism industry makes a full recovery?"
The attack on Brits Catherine and Benjamin Mullany in their seaside cottage at the Cocos Hotel on July 27 2008 jarred with the image of Antigua as a sun-drenched, palm-tree-lined idyll.
The world's media shone an unflattering spotlight on the island and its growing crime numbers, fuelling a crisis in confidence in the island paradise.
Fiercely protective of its tourism industry - which contributes 75% of its economy - the Antiguan government has revamped the Royal Police Force of Antigua and Barbuda over the past year, and spent millions of dollars on new security measures. But has it done enough to ensure Antigua's tourism industry makes a full recovery?"
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