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Old 03-09-2016, 02:50 PM
 
Location: Somewhere flat in Mississippi
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Of all places in Latin America, French Guiana may be the least known to Americans. Some may have heard of Devil's Island, or the rocket-launching site. But is French Guiana also a tourist destination? Does it have much wealth?
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Old 03-11-2016, 07:15 AM
 
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In French Guyana most of the 250,000 people who live there apply for french welfare state.

France always support this people because they are few and with that France has a strategic lands in their hands.

It is not a touristic destination, beachs in both Guyanas and Suriname are not nice because they are in Amazon area with many rivers flowing into there and rain a lot is difficult to compete with Caribbean neighbors.
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Old 04-23-2016, 04:52 PM
 
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In French Guyana most of the 250,000 people who live there apply for french welfare state.

France always support this people because they are few and with that France has a strategic lands in their hands.

It is not a touristic destination, beachs in both Guyanas and Suriname are not nice because they are in Amazon area with many rivers flowing into there and rain a lot is difficult to compete with Caribbean neighbors.
French Guyana is isolated from every where other than France, and to a degree, the French Antilles. That is why its not much known, beyond Devil's Island, and also as a rocket launching site.


The border crossing between Suriname and Guyana is much easier than between Suriname and FrenchGuiana.


These Guyanas offer their own eco/adventure tourism. This with a cultural component thrown in. Not only because these are Caribbean "islands" embedded in South America, but also as they include some of the most diverse small populations any where. Indeed where in the Americas are Javanese more than 10% of the population?
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Old 04-27-2016, 01:35 AM
 
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I have met one person from there in my life. I know very little about this country. Please give us some information from your experiences.
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Old 04-27-2016, 03:24 AM
 
Location: Viña del Mar, Chile
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Haha many Latin Americans I've met don't even know it exists
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Old 04-27-2016, 09:36 AM
 
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But is French Guiana also a tourist destination? Does it have much wealth?
My impression is that both answers are "no"- and that those are some of the reasons why the Department is also home to a French Foreign Legion regiment.
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