A regional disaster management expert has advised authorities here to discourage constructions that are in close proximity to the ocean, given the increasing threats of tsunamis to the region. Tsunamis have killed more than 3,500 people in the region since the mid-19th century.

With air passenger travel predicted to double over the next 20 years and international tourist arrivals projected to grow 36 percent between 2010 and 2020 worldwide, Roger Dow, president and CEO of the U.S. Travel Association, urged Congress to take steps to reduce hassles and barriers to travel.

The head of Dominican Republic’s hotels and tourism businesses grouped in ASONAHORES Wednesday announced that in the first two months this year the flow of tourists grew more than 5 percent compared with the same year ago period, strengthening the country as the Caribbean’s leader in the industry.

Brazil’s travel and tourism economy is the fastest-growing in Latin America in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), forecast to grow by 7.8 percent in 2012, according to data from the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC).

Atout France, the France Tourism Development Agency, released estimates for the number of foreign visitors, as well as figures for American travelers for 2011. Since the 1990s, France has been the world’s number one travel destination.

If the world was going to end, you'd want to spend the last days in style, right? That's how Maryanne and Paul Carpenter would do it -- in style and eating amazing food --lots of it. Cancun is in its "end of the world" countdown, according to the Mayan calendar.