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Jamaica Is Creating a New Tourism Development Zone

Jamaica is creating a new tourism development zone, aiming to broaden its product beyond the traditional hub of Montego Bay, Caribbean Journal Invest has learned. To access this content, subscribe now. Choose from two tailored subscription options: Caribbean Journal Invest […]

Caribbean Tourism Leaders Urge Hurricane Preparedness

The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association and the Caribbean Tourism Organization are urging the region’s tourism sector to step up its preparations for the 2022 hurricane season. This year’s Atlantic Hurricane Season began June 1 and technically runs through Nov. […]

CDC Ends Return Test Requirement, in Major Boost for Caribbean Tourism

In a move celebrated across the wider travel industry, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has lifted its requirement for travelers to test negative for Covid-19 before returning home to the United States from abroad. It’s the culmination […]

Another Month, Another Dominican Republic Tourism Record

The Dominican Republic’s sizzling 2022 continued last month with yet another arrivals record broken, Caribbean Journal has learned. The country reported 561,323 tourist arrivals in May, the most of any May in the destination’s history. Indeed, that total was 11 […]

Saint Lucia Tourism Is Rebounding

Saint Lucia tourism is starting to rebound, two years after the island was one of the first Caribbean destinations to reopen amid the pandemic. In March, Saint Lucia reported its highest month of tourism arrivals since it first reopened back […]

Tourism Optimism in St Maarten

St Maarten tourism officials say they’re “optimistic” about the destination’s start to 2022. Tourism Minister Roger Lawrence says he is “cautiously optimistic about this year’s visitor arrivals.” The Dutch Caribbean destination’s tourism arrivals in the first quarter were nearly 210 […]

US Virgin Islands Tourism Is Sizzling

It’s been one of the greatest tourism success stories of the pandemic — and tourism continues to sizzle in the United States Virgin Islands. Last year was a banner year for travel in the territory, according to new data released by […]

Dominican Republic Tourism Just Set an All-Time Record

The Dominican Republic just set an all-time tourism record, Caribbean Journal has learned. Last month was the best September for tourist arrivals in the history fo the country — with more visitors than in high-powered years like 2018 and 2019. […]

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Puerto Rico Keeps Setting New Tourism Records

Puerto Rico keeps setting tourism records, according to new data from the Puerto Rico Tourism Company. In what officials are calling a “record year” for the island, Puerto Rico has seen the highest figures ever recorded in room tax collations […]

Curaçao: “Great Momentum” for Tourism Recovery

The Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao reported just under 31,000 stayover visitors in August, according to data from the Curaçao Hotel and Tourism Association. That represented about 79 percent of the pre-pandemic, August 2019 stay over totals, according to the […]

Barbados Tourism Is Rebounding

Tourism is beginning to rebound in Barbados, according to the latest numbers from the island’s tourist board. The island recorded more than 10,000 air arrivals in July, the highest total of any month so far this year. That also represented […]

Cayman Islands Reveals Tourism Reopening Plan

The Cayman Islands is finally reopening for tourism – with a multi-phased plan. Most notably, beginning in mid-October, vaccinated travelers will be able to visit Cayman without quarantine. The plan will begin a “limited introduction of tourism” on Sept. 9, the […]

Canadian Tourism Returns to Jamaica

Canadian tourism has officially returned to Jamaica. The island welcomed back the first Air Canada flight following a six-month hiatus, with Air Canada’s first Dreamliner flight to the country. “Canada is the second-largest source market for Jamaica and the return […]

Dominican Republic Hits Another Tourism High

June was the Dominican Republic’s best tourism showing since the onset of the pandemic, officials said this week. A total of 468,367 travelers visited the Dominican Republic in June, a 20 percent jump from the 390,554 visitors that came to […]

Saba Is Reopening for Tourism on May 1

The tiny Dutch Caribbean island of Saba is set to broadly reopen its tourism sector on May 1, Caribbean Journal has learned. That move will be headlined by the elimination of quarantine requirements for all fully vaccinated travelers. Non-vaccinated travelers […]

Dominican Republic Tourism Is Starting to Rebound

The Caribbean’s most popular destination is getting popular again. The Dominican Republic, long the powerhouse of Caribbean travel, is seeing positive tourism growth so far in 2021, according to the country’s tourism officials. The Dominican Republic reported 263,867 tourists in […]

St Barth Eyes Mid-May Tourism Reopening

St Barth is eyeing a tourism reopening in mid-May, according to the island’s tourism officials. The destination has been closed fro tourism since early February. The French government has mandated that St Barth will need to implement a “strong and […]

Antigua and Barbuda Begins Vaccinations for Tourism Workers

The government of Antigua and Barbuda has begun the COVID-19 vaccination process for frontline workers in the tourism industry. In just the past week, over 2,000 hospitality professionals across Antigua and Barbuda were vaccinated, officials said. “We are encouraged by the enthusiasm of our tourism […]

Curaçao Is Open for Tourism Again

The Dutch Caribbean island of Curaçao is open for tourism once again, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. On Jan. 1, Curaçao officially reopened to all international travelers, following a limited reopening. “Our borders are now fully open #WelcomeBack to our global […]

Jamaica: “Cautious Optimism” for Tourism Recovery

The peak tourist season is now underway in Jamaica, and the country’s tourism officials are expressing “cautious optimism” that the industry will continue to experience a recovery. More than 4,000 passengers arrived in Jamaica on Dec. 12, the highest daily […]

French St Martin Is Now Open for Tourism

The French side of St Martin is now officially open for tourism, Caribbean Journal has confirmed. The destination quietly reopened to both European and non-European tourists, including those from the United States. “You will be hosted in completely safe conditions […]

St Kitts and Nevis to Reopen for Tourism on Oct. 31

St Kitts and Nevis has revealed that the twin-island federation will reopen for tourism on Oct. 31. The was recently designated as a “No Travel Notice” required destination by the CDC, due to having had only 19 cases to date […]

Belize Now Planning to Reopen for Tourism in October

A few weeks after postponing its tourism reopening, Belize has announced a new planned reopening date of Oct. 1, Caribbean Journal has learned. The country on the Caribbean coast of Central America will be reopening its Philip Goldson International Airport […]

Costa Rica to Reopen Tourism for American Travelers From Certain States

Costa Rica will be reopening its borders on Sept. 1 to American travelers — but only those who are residents in a handful of states. That includes travelers with proof of residence in New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine […]

Belize Is Postponing Its Tourism Reopening

Belize is postponing what had been a planned tourism reopening on Aug. 15, destination officials confirmed. Citing an increase in COVID-19 cases, the Belize Tourism Board said it was “necessary to delay” the reopening of Belize’s Philip Goldson International Airport. […]

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