HOPKINS
Transcript: People live mostly by farming, fishing, and more recently - by growing tourist industry Residents are known for their friendliness and genuine hospitality, and welcome visitors to their village Recently voted "The Friendliest Village in Belize" by Belize First Magazine. Often referred as the #1 Cultural Destination in Belize Agat Mango Festival, Guam Island Mangomania Festival, Pine Island, Florida, USA Excellence partners for the benchmarking study: Trees are bursting with hundreds and hundreds of one of the world’s most delicious fruits. The mango. The cultural center of the Garinagu population. The residents are known for their friendliness and genuine hospitality, and are very welcoming to visitors. BTIA was reviving the Mango Festival and making it bigger and better raffles every 30 minutes during the day with the Grand Prize of a 3 Night stay in Hopkins, including accommodations, dinners and activities (Night Lagoon Trip, Snorkel Trip, & Zip Line and Water Rappelling.) Children and Adult Games Volleyball Tournament Food and Exhibits Galore and MANGOS! HOPKINS - AN ATTRACTIVE TOURIsM VILLAGE HOPKINS MANGO FESTIVAL by Belize First Magazine If every resident of the village ate 10 a day, I’m sure there would still be 1000s left for the birds. Voted "The Friendliest Village in Belize" HOPKINS is a coastal village in eastern Belize Surrounded by the misty-green Maya Mountains, the Cockscomb Range inland, and the blue Caribbean Sea on its shore Small but vibrant community of approximately 1,500 villagers Created in 1942 to replace the village of Newtown, which was devastated by a hurricane 2016 Mango festival will be a 2 and a 1/2 day event showcasing the wonderful and colorful culture of Hopkins in its entire splendor. The star of the show – THE MANGO! The festival is in the town center from 10am to 6pm and features THE GARIFUNA COLLECTIVE. hopkins? where? HOPKINS MANGO FESTIVAL