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Caribbean Tourism Needs “Revolutionary Thinking”
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This Barefoot Hideaway in Tobago Has Two Pools, an Uncrowded Beach, and a Cuban Cocktail Bar

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The path down begins softly — a narrow run of steps winding between palms and sea grapes. The air thickens as you descend, the heat meeting the scent of the ocean in a hush that makes everything else fade. Just before you reach the sand, you catch a flash of turquoise through the foliage, and […]

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The Caribbean’s Top Tourism Conference Begins in Curaçao

Above: Curaçao Minister of Economic Development Stanley Palm opens the conference By Alexander Britell WILLEMSTAD – The Caribbean’s leading tourism conference officially began on Wednesday evening on the island of Curaçao. The Caribbean Tourism Organization’s 2015 State of the Industry Conference kicked off in earnest with a parade of Caribbean flags and calls for a […]

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Caribbean Tourism Organization Treating Sargassum “Seriously and With Urgency”

What’s next for seaweed problem? By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The seasonal spike of Sargassum seaweed on Caribbean beaches has captured the attention of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) and tourism policymakers across the region. In a statement released today, the CTO expressed that it is treating the matter “seriously and with urgency,” and that […]

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Tourism Growth Slows in Belize

Caribbean destination seeing slowdown in arrivals after years of strong growth By the Caribbean Journal staff After several years of very strong growth, Belize is seeing a slowdown in tourism, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The Caribbean destination in Central America received 129,316 tourist arrivals in the first four months of 2015, down […]

Caribbean Tourism Organization Treating Sargassum “Seriously and With Urgency”

 Renewed tourism push continues to pay off By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti is showing continued growth in stayover tourist arrivals, according to recently released data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The Caribbean country reported 166,029 stayover arrivals in the first four months of 2014, up 9.8 percent compared to the same period in 2014. The […]

After Strong 2014, Montserrat Seeing Drop in Tourist Arrivals

 Above: Montserrat By the Caribbean Journal staff After a strong 2014, Montserrat has seen a sharp reduction in tourism so far this year, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization. In 2014, the tiny island near Antigua saw a 22.2 percent increase in tourism arrivals, with a total of 8,804. But this year, Montserrat is seeing […]

St Lucia Tourism Continues Rise

 Above: St Lucia (CJ Photo) By Dana Niland CJ Contributor St Lucia’s tourism figures continue to rise for 2015, and are up 6 percent for the first five months of the year. The Caribbean Tourism Organization announced that visitors arrivals to region were up six-percent at the end of the first quarter, over which St […]

Jamaica Tourism Arrivals Up 5 Percent

 Above: Jamaica (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Jamaica tourism arrivals are up 5 percent so far in 2015, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The island saw 566,560 tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2015, which represented a 5 percent jump over the same period last year. That was driven […]

St Lucia Tourism Up 6.4 Percent

 Above: St Lucia (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Tourism to St Lucia is on the rise, according to new numbers from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The island received 98,219 stayover arrivals in the first three months of 2015, up 6.4 percent from the same period in 2014. That was driven by very strong […]

Aruba Tourism Is Booming

 Above: Aruba By the Caribbean Journal staff Tourism to Aruba is booming so far in 2015, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The Dutch Caribbean island received 294,411 stopover tourist arrivals in the first quarter of 2015, which represented a 20.1 percent increase over the same period in 2014. While first-quarter eporting […]

Caribbean Tourism is Booming

 By the Caribbean Journal staff Caribbean tourism is booming, according to a new report from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The region’s tourism sector posted a six percent increase in arrivals in the first quarter of 2015, the 17th straight quarter of positive growth. That represented a total of nearly 8 million visits to the region […]

How Many People Visited Belize in 2014

 Above: Belize By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize received 321,217 stopover tourist arrivals in 2014, according to year-end data released by the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The Central American country on the coast of the Caribbean Sea saw a strong 9.2 percent improvement compared to 2013. That made Belize among the fastest-growing destinations in the Caribbean […]