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Bahamas Urges Caribbean on Data-Fueled Tourism Growth

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Bahamas Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis is urging regional leaders to explore new ways to grow tourism in the Caribbean — with the use of data chief among them. Minnis, the Bahamas’ Prime Minister and […]

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Strong Growth For US Virgin Islands Tourism Sector

Above: St John (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The United States Virgin Islands is reporting strong growth so far in 2015, according to new numbers from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The US territory received 303,762 stayover visitors in […]

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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, […]

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Curacao Tourism Is Surging

Above: the Santa Barbara resort in Curacao (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dutch Caribbean’s tourism sector is surging. Curacao received 122,074 visitors in the first quarter of 2015, a 13 percent increase compared to the same period […]

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How Caribbean Hotels Began 2015

Above: Anguilla By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean hotel sector showed a 2 percent increase in occupancy in January, according to new data from STR Inc. The company’s latest report showed occupancy in January at 74.1 percent, up from […]

How Caribbean Hotels Fared in 2014

By the Caribbean Journal staff After a slow start to 2014, the Caribbean hotel sector finished strong last year, according to year-end data from STR Inc. The region’s hotel sector saw a 5.3 percent increase in occupancy in December, following […]

Dominican Republic Tops 5 Million Tourist Arrivals

Above: Cap Cana (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic received around 5.14 million tourists in 2014, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. That number was the largest of any tourism destination in the […]

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Cuba Tops 3 Million Tourists in 2014

Above: a Royalton resort in Cuba By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba has eclipsed three million tourists in 2014, according to new data from the government. That represented a growth of around 6 percent over the previous year, according to […]

Strong 2014 For St Maarten Tourism

Above: St Maarten (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Maarten’s tourism sector has had a very strong 2014, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. Through the third quarter of 2014, the country welcomed 377,341 stayover […]

Caribbean Hotel Occupancy Rises For Fifth Straight Month

Above: the British Virgin Islands (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff After a sluggish start to the year, the Caribbean hotel sector has rebounded of late, with hotel occupancy rising for the fifth consecutive month in October. The region’s […]

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How Many People Visited the Caribbean in the First Half of 2014?

By the Caribbean Journal staff Tourist arrivals to the Caribbean rose by 4.3 percent in the first half of 2014, compared to the same period in 2013, according to data released by the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The data was released […]

Anguilla Reports 2.6 Percent Increase in Tourist Arrivals in First Half

Above: Anguilla (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Anguilla saw a 2.6 percent improvement in the number of tourist stopover arrivals in the first half of 2014, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The island received […]

St Lucia: Tourist Arrivals Rise 6 Percent in First Half of 2014

Above: St Lucia By the Caribbean Journal staff Tourist arrivals to St Lucia rose by 6 percent in the first half of 2014, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The island received 176,017 stopover arrivals in the first […]

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