BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — A mere three weeks after Prime Minister Freundel Stuart was in China calling for the forging of strong tourist links with that country, Barbados will soon be welcoming a group of visitors from Beijing.
Come next month, the 16-member party will arrive here from China to participate in the Crop Over Festival. The group, which will be led by Barbadian Dionne Holder and her husband, Dirk Ilmstadt, who live and work in Beijing, represents seven nationalities — Chinese, Dutch, German, American, Filipino, Mauritian and Turkish. Most of them have made China their home.
Holder has been working with this country’s Ambassador in Beijing, Sir Lloyd Sandiford, and the Barbados Embassy there to facilitate the trip, which officially kicks off on July 22 and continues until August 5.
