Despite various regions continuing to experience economic difficulties Europe’s tourism industry remains buoyant. This is one of the findings of the annual ITB World Travel Trends Report, conducted by IPK International and commissioned by the world’s leading travel trade show, whose figures confirmed rising travel numbers to and from Europe. The forecast for 2014 is equally very positive.

Brand USA, the public-private partnership responsible for launching the United States' first-ever nationally coordinated tourism-marketing effort, named Adnova, Comunicacion Estrategica its international representation firm for Mexico and Central America, through 2015.

This month Embratur will open seven Brazilian Tourism Offices across Europe, located in UK, Germany, Holland, France, Spain, Italy and Portugal. The main objective of these offices will be to diversify the destinations and products that a typical tourist to Brazil might explore. Europe is responsible for 28 per cent of the annual arrival of tourists into Brazil, some 1.6 million tourists.

For the first time in its history, The Bahamas will host Festival Rum Bahamas, a celebration of Rum, Food and Culture. The festival, which will become an annual fixture on the culture calendar, will be held February 2014. The Festival organizers are excited to share the history, food and culture of The Bahamas in this unique way.

Puerto Rico will expand a cruise ship pier in the historic Old San Juan district to accommodate cruise ships capable of carrying more than 6,000 passengers, the country’s governor announced recently.