The Guadeloupe Islands Tourist Board, which established a presence in the U.S. last year, will launch an online advertising campaign, “Let Me Show You My Islands,” on June 4. The campaign features model Willy Monfret as the spokesman for the island group.

The new training program, created in partnership with travAlliance Media, will launch next month following the recent completion of a series of “Discover Ecuador” seminars that visited 450 travel agents in nine major North American cities in May.

Antigua and Barbuda’s newest tourism push isn’t just targeting foreign visitors: it’s targeted toward the local population. The country’s new video, “Pieces of the Tourism Puzzle,” attempts to bring the message of tourism and its benefits to the local population.

International tourist arrivals grew by 4 percent in 2012 to reach 1.035 billion, according to the latest United Nations World Tourism Organization World Tourism Barometer. Emerging economies (plus 4.1 percent) regained the lead over advanced economies (plus 3.6 percent).

Island Routes Caribbean Adventures has announced a myriad of new adventures in Grenada, the eighth Caribbean island to host Island Routes’ award-winning adventures. Grenada is known as the ‘Spice Isle’, not just because of its mass exportation of nutmeg, but also because of its rich cultural heritage.