Guadeloupe and Martinique are "Overseas Departments" of France, meaning that they have most of the same rights as ordinary Department (not as much autonomy as an American State, but more inherent rights than Puerto Rico, Guam and Washington DC). So technically, yes, this is France. But come on, who goes to the Caribbean so that they can pretend they are in France? If the place were really ugly, it would be a good campaign strategy, but it is not, so this is really preposterous.
Here is the official website of the Martinique Tourism Authority. They've wised up.
Unfortunately, the four hour flight is gone too. I can't find any direct flights from New York, they all have stopovers. The shortest trip I could find was from Newark to Guadeloupe via San Juan coming in at 6 hours and 20 minutes. To contrast, a non-stop flight from NYC to Paris is 7 hours.
You know what would be fun? You can go to Paris and pretend you're in France!
