2024 Welcomed in Grand Style in Grand Cayman

By Stuart Wilson

The entire Cayman Islands were ablaze with fireworks to bring in 2024, as revelers greeted the New Year with the customary lighting of spectacular displays filling the night sky.  

The countdown to midnight saw celebrations across Grand Cayman and particularly the Seven Mile Beach on the West Bay Road, where festivities crescendoed into a feverish climax of incendiary devices, making the location one of the main attractions for many during the countdown to midnight.

From Public Beach, to the Kimpton and Westin, thousands of residents, visitors and locals came out in scores to enjoy the celebratory atmosphere.

The Royal Cayman Islands Police also provided a strong presence along the Island’s popular tourist district, ensuring the evening’s events were well supervised and traffic flowed at maximum efficiency.

This year marks many major sporting events including the Olympics, which will take place in Paris, France  from 26 July to 11 August 2024.

The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be the biggest event ever organised in France.

Other major events scheduled to take place in 2024 include the United States’ Presidential Election on 5th November and the Russian Presidential Election to be held on 17th March. 

According to the Chinese calendar, 2024 is the year of the Green Wooden Dragon.

This symbol is considered the most powerful in Chinese astrology, representing energy, strength, and power.