Friendly Planet has announced price cuts on its six-packaged people-to-people tours to Cuba, wrangling significant reductions of up to $1,000 per person, depending on the length of the tour.

Wellness tourism continues to grow faster than global tourism as more consumers aspire to higher levels of wellness and incorporate this intention into their travels.

Grenada is showing strong growth in tourism from the United States, according to data provided from the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

Experts put the growth down to the weakness of the peso against other currencies, the strength of the US economy and the growth in air connections with the United States, Europe and the rest of Latin America.

The Department of Tourism said on Monday that it was building on the increase in stay-over arrivals last year by entering the winter season with a strong sales, marketing, advertising and public relations charge.

Arrivals from the island’s largest source market — the United States., which accounts for 64 percent of tourist arrivals to Anguilla — were up 6.9 percent to 50,508 visitors.