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2021 Bocas Henry Swanzy Awardees Named
The 2021 recipients of the Bocas Henry Swanzy Award are Jamaicans Edward Baugh and Mervyn Morris both professors emeriti of the University of the West Indies.
Baugh and Morris are widely considered pioneers of the study of West Indian literature, over careers that each span half a century. Now they are to be honoured by the Bocas Lit Fest with the annual
Bocas Henry Swanzy Award for Distinguished Service to Caribbean Letters.
The Award, established in 2013, is named for the late BBC radio producer Henry Swanzy. Irish by birth, Swanzy worked as producer of the influential
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Eerie footage has emerged showing the normally bustling NSW Blue Mountains region devoid of tourists during one of the busiest times of the year as Covid-19 border closures keep visitors locked-out.
Asian tourists usually flock to the area during the Lunar New Year but tourist sites are virtually empty and tour operators are counting the cost of visitor numbers plummeting by 600,000.
Cableway operator Scenic World, which has the world s steepest railway and glass-floored skyway carriages, would normally be welcoming thousands of visitors who have chosen Australia to ring in the new year - but not this year.
Scenic World s CEO Anthea Hammon (pictured) said the tour operator would normally see thousands of tourists during the Lunar New Year period but Covid-19 border closures have left cableway carriages virtually empty
Australia s Blue Mountains hit by Lunar New Year slump in Asian visitors Reuters 9/02/2021 © Reuters/STEFICA BIKES A family takes photos in front of The Three Sisters rock formation at Echo Point lookout in the Blue Mountains, New South Wales
KATOOMBA, Australia (Reuters) - Sparse handfuls of people stand at railings to gaze at plunging rocks and shimmering waterfalls amid the verdant vegetation of Australia s Blue Mountains, presenting a stark contrast with the throngs usually drawn to the attraction every year.
The operator of the world s steepest railway and glass floored cable cars says its nature park is nearly empty as Australia’s border closures over the coronavirus will keep out the annual influx of Lunar New Year tourists this year.