Foreign visits to Colombia increased 4.6% in the first months of 2013 compared to the same period last year, according to statistics of the country’s Trade Ministry. The government statistics show that the number of foreign visitors entering Colombia through the international airports has grown.

Travel agents in Japan have begun a major promotional campaign for tourism to Cuba. The campaign was officially launched by Marcos Rodriguez, Cuba’s Ambassador in Tokyo, along with Jungo Kikuma, the president of the Travel Agents Association of Japan.

Tourism Cares and the Clinton Foundation launched an initiative with the Haitian Ministry of Tourism and the Tourism Association of Haiti to boost tourism in northern Haiti.

The Aruba Reef Care Project began in 1994 and was one of the island's most ambitious environmental projects to involve both tourists and residents. It now forms just one of a series of measures aimed at making Aruba a world-leading 'green' destination.

From nature lovers to history buffs to those who wish to get away 'far from the madding crowd', picturesque Guadeloupe in the French Caribbean with a large Indian immigrant population has it all. While Grande-Terre is low limestone formation, Guadeloupe's western wing of Basse-Terre composed of volcanic mounts and ridges is high and rugged.