All six months of 2016 showed double-digit growth, led by January, which saw a 24 percent increase in arrivals compared to January 2015.

President Danilo Medina, accompanied by the Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia, led the opening ceremonies.

President Danilo Medina, accompanied by the Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia, led the opening ceremonies.

The new measure, which began on Friday, July 1st and will last until December 31st, 2016, is designed to encourage and enhance mobility for the half a million tourists who will visit Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics.

Following reported local mosquito transmission of zika virus infection, the Centers for Disease Control and Preventions (CDC) on Thursday issued a zika virus travel notice for St Eustatius.

Carnival Corporation & plc announced that on July 13, 2016, Helen Deeble, CEO of P&O Ferries Division Holdings Ltd., has been appointed to the company's board of directors, effective immediately.