The tourism sector’s impressive growth this year, the highest since 2007, results from internal and external factors, said the Dominican Republic Hotels and Tourism Association (Asonahores) vice president Arturo Villanueva affirmed Friday.

Changes in the visa policy for Chinese tourists in the U.S. will boost inbound travel from China, according to the National Tour Association (NTA), which has been working with the U.S. Department of Commerce since 2007 to help facilitate travel from China to the U.S. by providing and vetting reliable operators to take care of Chinese travelers while in the U.S.

Increasingly a draw for travelers intrigued by its natural, cultural and mystical attractions, Guatemala is heading into its prime tourist season off a steady pattern of growing arrivals.

St Kitts and Nevis has opened the largest greenhouse in the Caribbean region in a project described as “a dream come true.” That was expressed by Taiwan’s resident ambassador, Miguel Li-Jey Tsao, at a ceremony marking the official opening of the St Kitts Eco-Park (SKEP).

The recent elimination of the need for Chinese tourists to obtain a visitor’s visa to vacation in Jamaica is expected to play a major role in attracting nationals from that country, says Tourism and Entertainment Minister, Dr. Wykeham McNeill.

Prime Minister Freundel Stuart believes that Barbados must take back the Canadian tourism market: "There was a time when Canada was Barbados’ principal source market for tourists. Your presence here tonight is intended to be, among other things, a signal that we must recapture the Canadian market"