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Hotels

These Are the Best Luxury Resorts on the Island of Puerto Rico

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Puerto Rico has become one of the Caribbean’s most compelling luxury destinations, and what sets it apart is how deeply the island’s geography, culture, and history shape every high-end stay. Along the coastline, luxury takes many forms — quiet estates tucked into the natural beauty of Dorado Beach, heritage-rich retreats woven into the cobblestone streets […]

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Aruba Is The Caribbean’s Fastest-Growing Tourism Destination in 2015

The Dutch Caribbean island continues 2015 surge By the Caribbean Journal staff Aruba tourism is showing no signs of slowing down in 2015. The Dutch Caribbean’s tourism power is reporting a 16.2 percent increase in tourism arrivals in the first half of 2015, the highest rate of increase of any destination in the Caribbean. The […]

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Barbados Sets Tourism Record, Topping 300,000 Arrivals in First Half

Major growth in Barbados By the Caribbean Journal staff Barbados tourism is booming. The country reported 303,592 stayover arrivals in the first half of 2015, the first time the country has ever topped 300,000 visitor in the Jan-June period. That represented a 14.3 percent improvement over the same period in 2014, one of the highest […]

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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 by Winfield Griffith, the CTO’s director of research and information technology, on the CTO’s TV […]


Barbados Sets Tourism Record, Topping 300,000 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 a total of 40,426 stopover arrivals, led by a 4.8 percent improvement in the winter […]

Strong First Half For Belize Tourism

Above: Belize By the Caribbean Journal staff Belize’s tourism growth continued in the first half of 2014, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The country received a total of 185,996 stopover tourist arrivals from January to June, an 11.8 percent improvement over the same period in 2013. The winter season saw a […]

Aruba Tourism: Strong First Half of 2014

Above: Andicuri Beach in Aruba By the Caribbean Journal staff Aruba received 489,871 tourist stopover arrivals in the first six months of 2014, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. That represented a 5.3 percent improvement over the first half of 2013, according to the CTO. The number was buoyed by a particularly […]

Dominican Republic: Tourist Stopover Arrivals Up 8.4 Percent in 2014

Above: Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Dominican Republic’s tourism boom continues. The region’s leading tourism destination received just under 2.7 million tourist stopover arrivals in the first half of 2014, an 8.4 percent improvement over the same period in 2013, according to new data from the […]

Turks and Caicos Islands Reports Revenue Surplus for First Half of 2012

Above: the Turks and Caicos (Photo: TCIT) By the Caribbean Journal staff The Turks and Caicos Islands government is reporting an overall revenue surplus of $5.72 million for the first half of 2012, an improvement of $10 million over the same period in 2011. Recurrent revenues for the second quarter stood at $53.2 million versus […]