Central America received a total of 9,577,114 foreign visitors during the first ten months of 2011, according to preliminary data provided by the ministries of tourism of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.

The Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Federal Republic of Nigeria are seeking to forge ties in tourism and other areas of economic development.

The Africa Travel Association will hold its 37th Annual World Congress in the resort town of Victoria Falls in May 2012. The five-day congress will kick off Friday, May 18.

The Riviera Maya is an amazingly blessed area of Mexico, semi-tropical in nature, limestone based, shrub jungles, cenotes, Mayan ruins, beaches and coves of pristine white sands, star studded skies, clouds practically touchable and warmth.

The Bahamas Ministry of Tourism will launch a comprehensive marketing initiative to focus on the 16 Bahamian islands beyond the capital of Nassau its Paradise Island resorts, according to Vincent Vanderpool-Wallace, the country’s tourism minister.

The UNWTO has joined industry voices in support of the decision taken by the Obama Administration to implement the necessary measures to improve visa and foreign visitor processing in order to create jobs and spur economic growth in the USA.