Antigua and Barbuda welcomed over one million visitors to the destination in 2018, topping 2017 figures and leading Antigua and Barbuda Minister of Tourism the Honorable Charles Fernandez to call 2018, “A record-setting year for Antigua and Barbuda.”
The Japan National Tourism Organization has announced that more than 30 million overseas travelers visited Japan in 2018, an all-time record and an 8.7 percent increase over 2017 (the previous record year).
The new record is 1.5 million visitors higher than 2017’s total – a 3.1 percent increase – marking the eighth-consecutive year of tourism growth for Los Angeles.
The Turkish Culture and Tourism minister Mehmet Nuri Ersoy announced the “70 million tourists with $70 billion revenue” program to meet the 2023 target.
The latest statistics reveal that 2018 not only registered a 14.6 percent growth in overnight tourist arrivals, but it was one of the largest increases in the last decade.
CATA’s steady publicity efforts continue to promote the positioning of the multi-destination and the image of Central America in the European markets.