Barbados

• Barbados' area is 166 square miles, with a population of 262,000

• The capital is Bridgetown

• The official language of Barbados is English

• The people of Barbados have a history of long ingrained Christian principles, a sound and free educational system with a literacy rate of 97%

• Barbados has the third oldest parliament in the world with 358 years of an uninterrupted parliamentary system of government

• Barbados was the only vacation destination in this hemisphere with a scheduled Concorde service. One of the retired British Airways Concorde's now resides at the international airport

• Barbados is the only coral island in the region with all white sand beaches

Climate: Eight to nine hours of sunshine most days. Temperature between 75F and  90F year round

Geography: West and South Coast have calm Caribbean seas and endless beaches. Rugged cliffs and Atlantic Ocean on East Coast

Currency: Barbados Dollar - US $1 = BDS $2 approx

For additional information on Barbados and what it has to offer tourists please visit the official Barbados Tourism site at http://www.visitbarbados.org/