Hawaii's visitor numbers are still rising: Total expenditures by visitors who came to Hawaii in July 2012 rose 17.8 percent (or $193.8 million) compared to the previous year to $1.28 billion, according to preliminary statistics released today by the Hawaii Tourism Authority.

Turks & Caicos has enjoyed a bumper year for tourism in 2012, as it prepares to welcome the leading lights of the travel industry to its sunny shores for the World Travel Awards on September 14th. These islands boast 230 miles of the world’s best beaches.

More than two years after a powerful earthquake killed 230,000 people in Haiti and left many more homeless, the Caribbean country continues to battle despair — yet one tiny peninsula on the country's north coast serves as a tropical oasis for travelers.

An opposition legislator is asking the British government to pay attention to the concerns being raised against the high Air Passenger Duty (APD), which he described as the highest in the world. That's Labor Party MP for Central Ayrshire, Brian Donohoe.