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Bermuda Projecting Surge in Visitors

Bermuda is seeing strong tourism numbers after two years of low demand that crippled the destination’s tourism industry. Buoyed by the upcoming SailGP events in May, the island is projecting stellar occupancy and a surge in visitors in the coming […]

Nevis Projecting Increase in Cruise Calls

Nevis is projecting an increase in cruise traffic in the 2016-2017 cruise season, officials said this week. The island, whose cruise season began this week with the visit of the Azamara Quest, projects an additional 3,000 passengers this season due […]

The Caribbean Is Projecting More Than 30 Million Tourist Arrivals This Year

The Caribbean could be close to breaking a record. The Caribbean Tourism Organization is projecting that tourist arrivals to the region will exceed 30 million for the first time ever this year. That would follow a record 28.7 million tourist […]

Turks and Caicos Projecting Strong GDP Growth

By Dana Niland CJ Contributor The Turks and Caicos Islands is projected to have some of the region’s highest GDP growth in the coming years, according to data from its Strategic Policy and Planning Department. Future projections suggest that economic […]

Antigua Projecting Increase in Cruise Ship Calls

A boost on the way By Dana Niland CJ Contributor Antigua and Barbuda is projecting growth for the upcoming winter season, with a six percent increase in cruise ship calls for the 2015-2016 period. The announcement follows Antigua and Barbuda’s […]

Guatemala Projecting $350 Million in New Tourism Investment

Above: Guatemala By the Caribbean Journal staff Guatemala is projecting big things in the tourism sector. The country’s tourist board said it was projecting 2.2 million visitors for the year 2014, with significant investment on the way in the next […]

St Kitts Projecting 1 Million Cruise Visitors For First Time

Above: Port Zante in Basseterre, St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts is projecting to welcome 1 million cruise passengers in the 2014/2015 cruise season, according to the country’s tourist board. That would represent a 31.5 […]

Anguilla’s The Reef By CuisinArt Hotel Projecting 2015 Opening Date

Above: the CuisinArt Resort By the Caribbean Journal staff The Reef By CuisinArt hotel is projecting an opening date of 2015, Anguilla’s Tourism Board announced Wednesday. The property is a new hotel addition to the existing CuisinArt Golf Resort and […]

UK Visitors Are Flocking to the Turks and Caicos Islands As Airlift Grows

Thanks in large part to last fall’s launch of Virgin Atlantic’s first-ever flight to Providenciales, the Turks and Caicos is in the midst of a boom in travel from the United Kingdom. For the first three months of this year, […]

Dominican Republic Eyes 12 Million Visitors Amid Continued Tourism Boom

While many of its neighboring destinations were closed in the summer of 2020, the Dominican Republic was open. And it never closed. The country’s navigation of the pandemic helped kick off what would become a new golden age of tourism, […]

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After Record-Breaking Year, Dominican Republic Tourism Keeps Surging

The Dominican Republic set a record for stayover tourist arrivals last year, with the most stayover arrivals in the country’s history and the most of any Caribbean destination, well, ever. So how are things going in 2024? Even better. The […]

Aruba’s Airport Is Booming

Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport set new records for passenger traffic last year, Caribbean Journal has learned. The airport saw a 13 percent increase in traffic compared to 2022 — and an 8 percent improvement over its numbers in 2019, before […]

Trinidad’s Cruise Industry Is Seeing New Growth

Its location in the far southern Caribbean means that Trinidad will likely never be a Caribbean cruise powerhouse. But the destination continues to see growth, with officials now projecting a more than 80 percent increase in cruise arrivals for the […]

Jamaica Is Expecting Its Biggest Winter Travel Season Ever

It’s been a record-breaking year for travel in Jamaica, and now the island is projecting an even stronger winter season. The 2023-2024 season, which effectively kicks off this week, is projected to bring in more than one million stopover visitors, […]

St Kitts Is Expecting a Big Cruise Season

It’s one of the top cruise ports in the Caribbean: Port Zante, the popular stop on the island of St Kitts. Now one of the fastest-growing cruise destinations in the region is expecting another big years, tourism officials said this […]

“Historic” Tourism Numbers Continue in Dominican Republic

The Dominican Republic’s “historic” tourism arrivals continue to grow, according to new numbers from the country’s Ministry of Tourism. The Dominican Republic reported 478,794 stayover arrivals in September, a whopping 48 percent increase over the same month in 2019, before […]

More Cruise Ships Are Coming to Trinidad

Trinidad is projecting a significant jump in cruise passenger traffic this season. The island’s tourism officials say “all signs point” to major gains in traffic, with the season set to begin in October and run through April of 2024. The […]

Jamaica Eyes Record-Breaking Arrival Numbers

After a banner summer, Jamaica is eyeing a strong fall season that could catapult it to a new tourism record. The island will have a total of 1.1 million scheduled airline seats this fall, the most Jamaica has ever had […]

How the “Aruba Effect” Is Creating Sustained Tourism Growth

“You leave Aruba as a different person. You’ll see. There’s a normal you, then an Aruba you.” That was the feeling from Luis Perez, a repeat visitor to Aruba, who took part in a recent study the Aruba Tourism Authority […]

Antigua and Barbuda Yachting Industry Set for Big Year

It’s already a major Caribbean yachting powerhouse, but Antigua and Barbuda is projecting a significant year ahead. Franklyn Brathwaite, president of the Antigua and Barbuda Yachting and Marine Association, says “all indications are that business is strong and that the […]

Dominican Republic Reaching “Never Before Seen” Tourism Levels

The Dominican Republic’s remarkable tourism story in 2023 is getting even better, according to new numbers released by the country’s Ministry of Tourism. The Dominican Republic reported 621,575 visitors in May, meaning just under 3.38 million tourists in the first […]

How Top Caribbean Resorts Are Building Padel Courts

It’s one of the fastest-growing sports, if not the fastest in the world: Padel, a sport similar to the similarly-sizzling pickle ball. Played on a walled-up court with a playing style a bit like a combination of squash and tennis. […]

Jamaica Tops 1 Million Arrivals in 2023

Jamaica’s winter tourism surge has brought more than 1 million stay over visitors so far in 2023, according to Jamaica Tourism Minister Edmund Bartlett. That was one month earlier than Jamaica reached the 1 million mark in 2022. The winter […]

JetBlue Just Added Two More Flights to Curacao

JetBlue has added two more weekly flights to Curacao out of New York. The New York City-based airline is now operating five flights each week between New York’s John F Kennedy International Airport and Curacao, with service on Thursdays, Fridays, […]

Another Quarter, Another Dominican Republic Tourism Record

The Dominican Republic’s blazing start to 2022 has continued, with the destination breaking another record for the first three months of the year. The Caribbean hotspot welcomed 2,076,171 people in the first quarter, its highest total for the first quarter […]

The Dutch Caribbean Has a Cool New Boutique Resort

A very cool new boutique resort is opening its doors this month in the Dutch Caribbean, Caribbean Journal has learned. The new Belnem House Boutique Resort is officially opening its doors on April 22 on the island of Bonaire, according […]

The Caribbean Vacation Is Back in a Big Way

It began when the Caribbean was the first global destination to see any of its destinations reopen for tourism at the peak of the pandemic. Quickly, travelers around the world were drawn to the Caribbean, for the region’s outstanding health-protocol […]

Travel to This Caribbean Island Is Surging

Travel to the Dutch Caribbean island of Bonaire continues to surge so far in 2023. Bonaire reported 15,811 stay over visitors in February, a 15.4 percent increase over the same period in the record-breaking year of 2019. That included 7,882 […]

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