China's ambassador to Jamaica, Dong Xiaojun, yesterday said the waiver of the visa requirements for Chinese to visit the land of sea and sun is likely to be widely well-received by persons in the east Asian country.

As U.S. engagement season comes to an end and wedding season rolls in, the British Virgin Islands Tourist Board is celebrating couples looking for the perfect destination wedding or honeymoon.

About 84,701 Mexican tourists have visited Cuba last year, Alicia Perez, tourism counselor at the island's embassy here, said. Perez told Prensa Latina that Mexico is one of the countries that grow more in tourist issuing market to the Caribbean country, with 8.1 percent of growth.

After experiencing a significant spike in North American passenger traffic in the first half of last year, the friendly island of St. Maarten is pleased to announce its best year ever for Canadian tourism with an overall 14.5% increase in visitor arrivals from Canada during 2013 compared to 2012.

Caribbean tourism chiefs have been urged to cut travel taxes to the region to boost visitation numbers from the US. Key to this, he said, is a reduction in departure taxes in reciprocal arrangements with other countries, like the US.

The Association of Caribbean States and the United Nations World Tourism Organization signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in order to revitalize and improve collaboration and co-operation between the two organizations in the area of sustainable tourism.