The number of U.S. visitors to Cuba continues to rise, placing the U.S. market as the second-largest source of visitors to Cuba after Canada, according to a recent study by the U.S.-based Havana Consulting Group. In the first quarter of 2014, 173,550 visitors from the U.S. traveled to Cuba on 1,048 flights from Miami and 109 from Tampa.

Federal Minister of Tourism, Sen. the Hon. Richard “Ricky” Skerritt has listed several summer events designed to assist in the economic recovery of the twin-island Federation, he told listeners to Freedom 106.5 FM’s “Good Morning St. Kitts and Nevis”.

Aruba’s healthy tourism economy is fueled by a generous blend of cruise arrivals and hotel guests. Annually this popular desert destination attracts nearly 1.7 million visitors.