Interest in travel to Cuba is growing so quickly that Abercrombie & Kent has just announced five additional departures to the company’s 10-day introduction to the island nation, Cuba: People to People.

The Association of Caribbean States recently held a meeting with local tourism stakeholders on co-operation on sustainable tourism development. Julio Orozco, director of Sustainable Tourism of the ACS, reinforced the importance of cooperation activities and the sharing of achievements.

Belize’s record breaking tourist arrivals figures for 2014 show that having a quality product that attracts positive word of mouth is the best marketing strategy there is, according to The Lodge at Chaa Creek’s marketing administrator. The last year also saw a 42.9 percent increase for cruise ship arrivals.

Dominican Republic airports recorded a record 5,141,377 non-resident arrivals in 2014, according to the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic. The figure is an 8.8 percent increase over 2013, representing an additional 451,607 arrivals.

Cuba hopes to increase the flow of Mexican tourists and visitors to the island, this was revealed during a presentation carried out to tour-operators, travel agents and representatives of settled airlines.