Rodolfo Lopez-Negrete, chief operating officer of the Mexico Tourism Board, praised a recent travel warning issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety for being “clear, precise and couched in context,” and not as broad and confusing as previous warnings about travel to Mexico.

The United States Virgin Islands declared diversity was key to strengthening their marketing and pledged to continue to actively pursue the robust African American market in the United States. The announcement was made last week by Luana Wheatley, Assistant Director of Communications for the USVI Department of Tourism.

The Bermuda Department of Tourism is offering three four-night, five-day vacations for two to the island to celebrate the launch of its first-ever free mobile application. Consumers can enter the contest by Aug. 31, 2011, at www.GoToBermuda.com/freetrip.

Several Curacao hotels and resorts, dive centers, attractions and tour operators are offering discounted late summer and fall packages. The offers include a fourth night free, free daily breakfast for adults and a free upgrade at the Hyatt Regency Curacao Golf Resort Spa & Marina.

Bermuda hosted 80,462 airline passenger arrivals in the second quarter of 2011, a 4 percent increase over the 77,512 air visitors recorded during the same period in 2010, said Patrice K. Minors, minister of business development and tourism.

Israel, the Slovak Republic and Chile were among the top adventure tourism destinations for 2010, a new study published by George Washington University, the Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) and Vital Wave Consulting revealed.