Category: Antigua and Barbuda

Dockyard officials say entrance fee helps protect World Heritage Site; Antigua Observer

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Officials tasked with caring for the country’s lone UNESCO World Heritage Site are reminding residents that entrance fees play a major role in protecting historic Nelson’s Dockyard and its environs. The money collected pays for vital renovation and restoration works to the centuries-old buildings, along with maintaining the area’s yachting facilities that attract visitors.

Source: Dockyard officials say entrance fee helps protect World Heritage Site – Antigua Observer Newspaper

Dockyard gets best Caribbean attraction accolade; Repeating Islands

A report from The Daily Observer. Antigua and Barbuda’s Nelson’s Dockyard has been voted “Best Attraction in the Caribbean”. “Nelson’s Dockyard, the only continuously working Georgian naval dockyard in the world, topped the category in the annual 10 Best Readers’ Choice Awards, as voted by USA Today readers,” a release from the country’s Tourism Authority said.

Source: Dockyard gets best Caribbean attraction accolade

Antigua’s Nelson’s Dockyard voted Best Attraction in Caribbean; Loop TT

Nelson’s Dockyard in Antigua and Barbuda, has been voted Best Attraction in the Caribbean. Nelson’s Dockyard, the only continuously working Georgian naval dockyard in the world, topped the category in the annual 10Best Readers’ Choice Award, as voted by USA TODAY readers.

Source: Antigua’s Nelson’s Dockyard voted Best Attraction in Caribbean