The association expects that those islands and countries nearest Cuba will feel the greatest ripple effects and warns that they should start now to plan ways to mitigate the impact.

Many of the tourists visiting Nepal are from the neighboring countries of China and India and neither of the countries has advised its citizens from visiting Nepal. Unfortunately, tourist arrivals from these two countries have drastically dropped anyway.

Following its significant operating success and growth in south Asia, luxury experiential travel company &Beyond is expanding its portfolio to include a third continent - &Beyond South America.

Caribbean tourism officials are pushing for a partnership with the U.S. government because of concerns that relations between the U.S. and Cuba will result in less visitors for other destinations.

Count Saint Lucia among Caribbean destinations posting higher 2015 visitor arrivals. Saint Lucia hosted 159,177 overnight visitor arrivals between January and May according to Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) data released this week.

The United States Virgin Islands is reporting strong growth so far in 2015, according to new numbers from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. The US territory received 303,762 stayover visitors in the first four months of 2015; that represented a 6.5 percent improvement over the same period in 2014.