he's normally here with us in london but today simon calder has deserted us but today simon calder hasford. simon, good morning to you, always a pleasure to speak to you, simon is the travel editor for the independent and a regular commentator on travel news. first of all, what you make of the advice from the foreign office? really unusual. normally the foreign office either says we think it is ok to go somewhere, or we think it is too dangerous, don't go there. what they have said is you can go to the montego bay area but you can only do that if you stay in your gated compound, or if you are travelling to and from the airport, or on an excursion as the report said, with official providers. something organised by your tour operator, by your hotel. it's important to say that it only applies to that specific district of saint james, montego bay city area and the resorts around it. it doesn't apply to negril in the west for places in the east but people will fly into montego bay and so it will apply them, but very unusual. let's talk about the practicalities of this for two categories. we

from me, simon calder, the global guru, bye for now and see you next time. in paris where the city has been celebrating the 15th anniversary of the spectacular nuit blanche. each year the city of lights gets even brighter as artists and performers light up paris with free events from sunset to sunrise for one night only. the festival takes over the whole city. i have come down to the river seine for a behind—the—scenes look at rehearsals for one of this year's most eye—catching installations. the theme of the event is "working together". and it is all about getting parisians and tourists alike involved in the art. when it is up and running, this giant installation, the maree de lettres, or tide of letters will give visitors a chance to send a message across the city. altogether we have 42 letters because it is a bit nerdy — 42 is the answer to everything. people have an app and there they can see a list of topics. for each hour of the night, from 7pm until 7am we have a single topic and people can make suggestions according to this topic. the suggestion with

the travel journalists simon calder is with us 110w. journalists simon calder is with us now.n some kind of perspective for us. this is a very dangerous place. jamaica is a wonderful island, i've been lucky enough to travel there several times and they are great people, fantastic culture, wonderful scenery people, fantastic culture, wonderful scenery and tremendous beaches. but it does have an extraordinary problem with crime and in particular murder. the murder rate is 50 times the murder rate in britain, it's ten times the murder rate in the us relative to the population. this state of emergency was declared effectively to try to clear things up effectively to try to clear things up in the area around montego bay which has seen the greatest increase in lawlessness. how visible is this lawlessness to tourists? by that i mean, obviously there are lots of resorts, but you like to travel out and about but perhaps you don't see these sides of countries when travelling out and about? there are parts of montego bay and kingston, the capital, where you are simply advised never to go

we are joined by travel journalist simon calder, who knows the island well.here. they are truly shocking statistics. yes, if you look at last year, there were about 50 times more murders for the population in jamaica than 50 times more murders for the population injamaica than they were in britain. it is a staggeringly dangerous place, considering it is also incredibly attractive to the tourists, culturally its only other match in the caribbean is cuba. it has great scenery, fantastic cuisine, and of course, wonderful beaches. i have never been, so i am a bit confused. it is not a massive islands. you are saying it is a terribly dangerous place, how does it work when you are on the island? are you segregated as a tourist? are you largely protected ? are you segregated as a tourist? are you largely protected? most tourists actually go on package deals where they are going to typically an all—inclusive resort, and they will just go and stay there for most of the two weeks, only venturing out on official excursions. there are some great trips to do inland. at th