Timeshare/vacation ownership is defined as a method of use and or shared ownership of vacation real estate, where purchasers acquire a period of time (often one week) in a condominium, apartment or other type of vacation accommodation.

A delegation from Argentina’s Ministry of Tourism is visiting St Lucia this week. The delegation, which is visiting for the second straight year, is offering training and coursework for individuals in the maritime sector and other niche tourism areas.

The Caribbean is the world’s most tourism-intensive region. It’s also one of the most analyzed: island marketers are awash in statistics for the quantity of visits, attractions and spending in Caribbean countries. But measures comparing the relative quality of the tourism experience from one country to the next are quasi-nonexistent.

With year-to date arrivals figures trending above those recorded in 2013, Jamaica remains on target to again welcome well over two million stopover visitors this year.

A strong summer season boosted tourism numbers for the United States Virgin Islands, according to data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization. After a sluggish winter tourist season, the US territory saw a 7.6 percent increase in the summer months.