PRESS RELEASE

Ministry of Tourism and NDC Officials Visit “Pirates of the Caribbean 2/3” Sites

Roseau, Dominica: (March 18, 2005) --- As part of a familiarization tour by Officials of the Ministry of Tourism and the National Development Corporation (NDC), a delegation comprising of Hon. Charles Savarin, Minister for Tourism, Irwin LaRocque, Permanent Secretary, Vincent Philbert, General Manager NDC and Sobers Esprit, Deputy Director of Tourism, visited the several sites to be used during the upcoming filming of “Pirates of the Caribbean 2/3” in Dominica.

The delegation was met on location at Cabana Beach, by Mr. Robin Higgs, Locations Manager for “pirates 2/3”. The minister and his tourism officials first stopped at the site at the Cabana Beach in Londonderry on the north east coast where work is on-going on the preparation of this site for filming a river and beach scene. The delegation then traveled to see progress of work on the site at Hampstead Beach No.1 where a half-mile road leading to the beach was constructed by the production company. The next stop was at the Hampstead River where a bridge was being constructed. The delegation also made a brief stop at the Blenheim Quarry. The next stop was at the main set at Autou in Vieille Case where Disney is constructing a 16^th century church to be used as one of the main sets during the filming process.

Minister Savarin and his team were very pleased with the progress made so far by the production company in the preparation leading to filming of this major film in Dominica. He also expressed his and his Ministry’s great level of satisfaction on the high number of locals Disney has involved in the preparatory work and the overall impact that production of this film has on the local economy. In his overall assessment of the work so far Minister Savarin stated: “as minister responsible for tourism I am extremely happy with the progress made in having this production come to Dominica. As a government we believe that the Pirates of the Caribbean will contribute significantly to the local economy and will be a major promotional tool for the island in the long run.”

Pirates of the Caribbean 2/3 will be filmed on location on several sites across Dominica including Cabana Beach, Indian River, Vieille Case, the High Meadow in Soufriere, Titou Gorge, Blenheim Quarry, Hamstead Beach and Pagua Bay. Filming will run from May to June and is expected to generate much economic activity especially in the local tourism sector.

For further information please contact:

Ministry of Tourism, Industry, Enterprise development & Establishment

Government Headquarters,

Roseau, Dominica

Telephone: 767-448-2401ext 3006

Fax: 767-448-6200