St. Kitts received its millionth cruise passenger last week, reaching the key number of arrivals that gives the island marquee port status for the first time in its history.

The Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) says the catastrophic hurricanes that devastated some Caribbean destinations last September slowed down tourism’s progress but did not stop it.

This is 150 thousand more than in the same period of 2016, a 1.8 per cent increase, said the Caribbean Tourism Association.

Madrid.- The tourist arrivals worldwide grew by four percent between January and June 2016 compared to the same period last year, according to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. The destinations worldwide received 561 million international tourists (overnight visitors), 21 million more than in 2015. Asia and the Pacific demonstrated ...

Belize City.- For 15 consecutive months from June 2015 to September 2016, the tourism industry in Belize has been experiencing record breaking increases in overnight arrivals every month, with impressive double digit increases of as much as 33 percent growth. Now nine months into 2016, the tourism arrival figures continue ...

The Dominican tourism industry is experiencing a remarkable growth cycle both in tourist arrivals and the hotel investment in the complementary offer.