And I'd like to think this is so because of all the fine people at this site who make a point of visiting there and telling the rest of us about it. Example: after reading posts here I can't wait to eat at Telegraphie!
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I think the people that frequent this site are a very small percentage of the tourist that visit St Maarten.[/quote]

You missed the point. I was saying that people here post good things about the island and because of it I want to visit parts that I haven't before. In this case Carol's comment that Orient Village is now worth more to visit than Grand Case. I wasn't referring to tourism in SXM in general.