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Puerto Rico's New Tourism Campaign Features Celebrities, TripAdvisor

Above: San Juan By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico is presenting a new face for its tourism market — with a little help from TripAdvisor. The island unveiled a new global marketing strategy this week, calling the destination the […]

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Puerto Rico Looks to Small Hotels, Inns to Boost Tourism in Urban Areas

Above: San Juan (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff Puerto Rico has big plans for small hotels. The territory’s government has launched a new project called “Posadas,” or “Inns,” which aims to diversify its tourism offering while providing “unique […]

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Haiti Signs Agro-Tourism Agreement

Above: the signing in Port-au-Prince By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Ministry of Tourism has signed a framework cooperation agreement with the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture on the theme of agro-tourism. The agreement covers the potential development of […]

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Cuba Sees Slight Drop in Tourist Arrivals

Above: Cuba By the Caribbean Journal staff Cuba received just under 1.6 million tourists in the first six months of 2013, a 2 percent decrease compared to the same period in 2012, according to data from Cuba’s official government statistics […]


Haiti and City of New Orleans Plan Cooperation on Tourism

Above: New Orleans By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti’s Tourism Ministry is planning to send a mission to New Orleans in the middle of this month, with the goal of enhancing cooperation between the two sides. The mission should lead […]


El Salvador Plans Tourism Boost

Above: El Salvador By the Caribbean Journal staff El Salvador is planning a major boost to its tourism attractions in the La Libertad and Usulutan coastal regions, with help from the Inter-American Development Bank. The country’s Ministry of Tourism is […]

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A New Vision For St Maarten Tourism?

Above: St Maarten By the Caribbean Journal staff Is it time for a St Maarten to reinvent its tourism strategy? That was the call made by Edward Dest, acting director of tourism for St Maarten at the recent Annual Overseas […]


Haiti PM Launches "Destination Ile a Vache" Tourism Project

Above: Haiti PM Laurent Lamothe at the ceremony By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti Prime Minister Laurent Lamothe visited the island of Ile a Vache on Tuesday to launch the new “Destination Ile a Vache” tourism project. Lamothe, joined by […]


Taiwan President: St Kitts and Nevis Has "Great Tourism Potential"

Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo) By the Caribbean Journal staff St Kitts and Nevis has great potential as a tourism destination, Taiwan President Ma Ying-jeou said during the conclusion of his two-day visit to the federation. Ma was speaking during […]

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Turks and Caicos Islands Makes Tourism Push in Brazil

Above: TCI By the Caribbean Journal staff The Caribbean is increasingly looking to Latin America for hard-fought tourism dollars, and the Turks and Caicos Islands is the latest destination to look to tap into that market. Turks and Caicos Tourism […]


A Punta Cana in Haiti?

Above: the working meeting in Port-au-Prince (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Could Haiti eventually be home to a tourism development on the scale of the Dominican Republic’s Punta Cana? Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin recently held a […]


In Haiti, a Festival of the Sea

Above: the second annual Festival of the Sea (Photo: MT Haiti) By the Caribbean Journal staff Haiti hosted its second-annual “Festival of the Sea” in Cap-Haitien this weekend. The event, launched by the Ministry of Tourism’s regional office on northern […]


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