Cuba continues to develop Nature Tourism, a modality that chips in important revenues to the island’s economy, despite boasting a still low number of enthusiasts. The tour modality is being promoted and managed by Ecotur travel agency which focuses in markets such as France, the U.K., Canada and Brazil, among other countries.

PKF Consulting USA (PKFC) announced that the average Caribbean hotel enjoyed an 18.6 percent increase in net operating income (NOI) during 2013, according to its newly released 2014 edition of Caribbean Trends in the Hotel Industry.

Two million travelers have visited Cuba so far this year, so its tourism goes at a brisk pace in its race for reaching for the first time three million international visitors.

The Turks and Caicos Islands received a total of 199,347 stopover arrivals in the first half of 2014, a 25 percent increase compared to the same period in 2013, according to newly-released government figures.

As beach vacations dwindle and the summer comes to a close, Hotels.com has identified the most popular destinations for travelers in the first half of 2014 with insights from the Hotel Price Index (HPI).