The fauna and flora of Bocas del Toro, the Darién jungle and other parts of Panama will be premiered in a documentary in 2020 on the Animal Planet channel. It will be presented by Nigel Marven, who is also producer and director, of a series of programs about Central America ...
Read More »For Caribbean nations, climate change means shrinking populations
To visitors, Vieques, the small island community off the eastern coast of Puerto Rico, looks much the way it did before Hurricanes Irma and Maria wreaked havoc in September 2017. Business is booming at the bar and hostel Stephanie Latona manages, a colorful beachside shack popular among visitors. Federal relief ...
Read More »It’s official: In Dominican Republic reported deaths led to a 1.5% drop in US tourists
Cancellations in the flight bookings by Americans, due to media reports of deaths of some tourists from the United States, led to a 1.5% drop in the arrival of non-resident passengers. According to the Central Bank’s most recent report on tourist flow during the November-November period, the arrival of non-resident ...
Read More »It’s official: Mexican referendum on Mayan train to take place at the end of November
Mexico’s president-elect Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has announced the country will hold another referendum later this month to decide the fate of a proposed Mayan train line.
Read More »Spain is expected to replace the U.S. as traveler’s second choice
Each year, the United Nations’ World Tourism Organization puts out an analysis of international tourism growth in destinations around the world, and preliminary figures for 2016 already reveal global tourism has increased as much as 7% percent worldwide, with France and Spain taking the lead.
Read More »Prime minister of Dominica call to invest in making small states more resilience to climate change.
The Prime Minister of Dominica Roosevelt Skerrit said at the One Planet Summit in Paris that “significant” funding must be shared across physical infrastructure, agriculture, tourism, and utility services – water, electricity, telecommunication with small states more resilience to climate change.
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