Hotel growth last year continued to stimulate regional economies and augurs well for a strong 2020, according to reports and forecasts given at recent Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) meetings.
Travel experts have analyzed the number of tourism jobs available in over 170 countries around the world to reveal how many jobs are created for every 100 tourists visiting.
Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) officials say the southern Caribbean archipelago is positioned to achieve continued growth in 2020.
Belize’s emergence as one of the fastest-growing Caribbean tourism destinations continued in 2019 as the country reported 503,177 overnight, land-based visitors last year.
For the first time in recent years, the Dominican Republic closed 2019 with a negative numbers as far as hotel occupancy rates are concerned.
The US tourism & leisure industry saw a drop of 10.3 percent in overall deal activity during December 2019, when compared with the last 12-month average.