Interesting facts
First of all, Barbados is a country with 279 912 habitants, 11 parishes and a surface of 431 km2 so it’s a small island country.
The climate is particularly nice because it’s tropical with a lot of sun. However, there is time when it rains more but it’s only between June and October. Furthermore, their currency is called the Barbadian dollar. For instance, in comparison with our currency, one Canadian dollar equals to 1.80 Barbadian dollars. Barbados has 60 000 visitors per year so it’s quite a lot because the population is approximately only four times bigger. Another interesting fact is that there is no shipping lane as well as no railway and there is only one airport. Barbados has a national day called “Rihanna’s day” that is on February 20th of every year. It’s a holiday in honor of Rihanna, the native singer who is a symbol of success for the country. |