An infestation of a seaweed-like algae along some of Mexico’s most visited Caribbean beaches has pitted the local community against the president, who has described the problem as a “minor issue”. In a long-running issue attributed by many researchers to climate change, sargassum has covered the popular white sandbanks, turning ...

Antigua might be a small island, at 14 miles long and 11 miles wide, but its tourism industry is bigger than ever. Tourism to the West Indies island welcomed a record-breaking 27,301 visitors in April, a 17% increase from the same period last year, according to the Ministry of Tourism ...

Santo Domingo Hotel Association (AHSD) president Roberto Henríquez, affirmed that occupancy in the c6-apital hotels hasn’t been affected by recent events that have surfaced. The incidents with tourists haven’t harmed the tourist business in the capital “in the slightest.” he said. Henriquez added there’s a “backdrop” behind all the reports ...

David Oliver, USA TODAY Cruise ships and group tours had been banned from visiting Cuba per new regulations from the Trump administration. But what does that mean for travelers already booked on trips or those who still want to go? It remains murky, though it turns out that those still ...

Caribbean nations are seeing an increase in the number of tourists arriving by yacht, cruise liner and maritime vessels, according to a study by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. To accommodate this future trend, expansion of ports, docking facilities, piers and anchoring stations are critical to ...

In the past, each nation has marketed locations, attractions and natural resources unilaterally, but contemporary economic factors are forecasting change. What impacts one nation affects all, so banding together is perhaps the most important trend of all to the future success of Caribbean tourism, said Josef Forstmayr, president of the ...