Mexico is closing 2015 on a strong note with new resorts and airline routes expanding the tourism landscape, with more growth and expansion is coming in 2016.

Travel companies in Nicaragua reported that the number of tourist arrivals this year has been positive and they expect to close the year with 1.4 million visitors.

According to the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT), over one million North Americans will have visited Costa Rica by the end of this year.

The number of tourists visiting Jamaica in the first nine months of 2015 increased by 5.5% over the corresponding period in 2014, according to the government.

With its growing popularity as a tourist destination, Cuba is ending 2015 with an encouraging development of this sector, able to inject over $2 billion a year into its economy.

Travelers to Jamaica have long been drawn by the island’s distinctive musical legacy. Now Jamaica Tourism authorities earlier this month lobbied the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) to designate the capital city of Kingston as a UNESCO Creative City.