Insight Cuba received an amateur sports license from the U.S. Department of the Treasury to allow Americans to participate in the Havana Marathon and half marathon on Nov. 16. The company, which offers a number of people-to-people programs to Cuba, created three tours surrounding the event.

With less than 40 days until the opening of the 2014 FIFA World Cup, a mega event for which Brazil is the host country, the country is inviting tourists to enjoy its many cultural and natural destinations, as well as its passion for dance and football.

Guadeloupe has extended an invitation to US travelers to discover the diversity of experiences available across the French-Caribbean archipelago with the launch of its new campaign "Guadeloupe Islands, Naturally Active."

Haiti Tourism Minister Stephanie Villedrouin and Dominican Republic Tourism Minister Francisco Javier Garica signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Thursday covering tourism cooperation. The agreement covers issues like tourism legislation, planning, regulation, training, tourist security and health.

Preliminary figures indicate that while USA, UK, and Germany maintain their positions as the leading bed-night source markets for European cities, Russia and China exhibit the highest growth rates among the leading source markets in 2013.

Leading luxury travel network, Virtuoso, harnessed the data of its worldwide travel agency members to reveal 2014's top destinations during its annual Symposium taking place in Berlin this week.