Overnight visitors to Greater Miami and the Beaches grew 6.7 percent to a record-breaking 13.4 million in 2011, William D. Talbert, III, president and CEO of the Greater Miami Convention & Visitors Bureau (GMCVB) announced.

AAA Travel, in its travel agent and travel sales survey for summer, reports that Americans are still traveling despite rising fuel costs. The survey lists top summer vacation destinations for land, cruise and exotic vacations -- and the winners for the 2012 season are Orlando, the Caribbean and China, respectively.

The number of visitors to Cuba this year reached one million Thursday. The largest number of visitors came from Canada, followed by Argentina, Russia, Germany, France and Mexico respectively, the island nation’s Tourism Ministry said in a statement. Cuba is expected to receive 2.9 million tourists in 2012.

When it comes to developing a "green economy", Barbados is leading its English-speaking Caribbean neighbors.With this view in mind, last week the government unveiled a Green Economy Scoping Study (GESS).

Air passenger duty (APD) has gone up by eight percent, hitting passengers in the pocket just in time for the Easter holidays. The rise means that a family of four travelling to Florida will have to pay a total of £260 in departure tax, while a family of four flying to Australia will now pay £368.