Cuban revenue from tourism jumped 13 percent in the first half of the year compared with the same period in 2010, the National Statistics Office, or ONE, reported on its Web site. According to ONE’s figures, total income from Cuba’s tourism sector between January-July amounted to 990 million dollars compared to 874.5 million in 2010.

How many times have we driven out to Galera Point, Trinidad's north eastern tip, to enjoy the incoming strong breezes and see the turbulent seas where the Atlantic Ocean meets the Caribbean Sea? Some people stop at Salibea Beach for the day, not aware that they can drive further out.

Preliminary estimates of visitors to Florida for the second quarter of 2011 (April-June), released by Visit Florida, the official tourism marketing corporation for the State of Florida, show an estimated 21.2 million travelers visited the Sunshine State.

Senior Tourism Officials met in Antigua & Barbuda on August 16 and 17, 2011 at a workshop designed to finalize the first ever Common Tourism Policy for the OECS region. Program Officer at the OECS Secretariat Dr. Lorraine Nicholas says tourism officials reviewed a draft final Common Tourism Policy document ahead of the meeting in St. Johns.

Chinese travelers are visiting the United States in increasingly large numbers -and will continue to do so- according to two recent NTA reports.

The quarterly Hotel Price Radar by HRS, the hotel portal, has identified a leveling of global hotel prices. Whilst most rates increased in Q1 2011, Q2 has seen many prices decrease, especially in Cape Town which has seen a dramatic decrease of 28% compared to the same time last year when it hosted the World Cup.