HOW BEAUTIFUL IS THE CARIBBEAN?

The Caribbean's average murder rate is 30 per 100,000 people, compared with seven per 100,000 in the United States.Over 22 million tourists, and another 20 million cruise ship passengers flock to the Caribbean islands each year to take advantage of the sun, the endless miles of coastline and the tropical "no worries" environment.But there is a growing dark cloud that's threatening all of the Caribbean's clear, blue seas: a swiftly growing crime rate that now rivals some of the most infamous and unstable regions in the world, like southern and western Africa.