According to Aleksandr Trofimov, Chairperson of Association of the Crimea’s Resorts, more than 90 percent of the tourists who had vacations in the region this summer will come back. Russian tour operators confirm that the Crimea was very popular in summer, even took the lead over the resorts of Krasnodarksiy krai.

The Latin American region represents a very large - and untapped – lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) marketing opportunity for the travel and tourism industry, reveals research released today.

Island Bride Jamaica recently launched their 2011 wedding season with a cocktail party at Devon House’s Devonshire, a national heritage site in Kingston, Jamaica.

According to our research report “Indian Healthcare - New Avenues for Growth”, medical tourism is expected to create a huge opportunity for the country’s private hospitals, with a large number of patients from all over the world expected to visit India to receive first world healthcare facilities at third world prices.

Mexico’s Secretariat of Tourism said that from January to September of this year, the number of international tourists arriving in Mexico by air increased by 18.8 percent, in comparison to the same period last year and 6.4 percent in comparison to 2008, one of Mexico’s healthiest tourism years on record. From January to September 2010, Mexican airports received 7.6 million foreign visitors, as opposed to the 6.4 million visitors that traveled to Mexico in 2009.

On Saturday, October 23, 2010, St. Kitts held its  10th Annual Tourism Awards Banquet for the first time at a premiere tourist attraction and UNESCO World Heritage Site, the Brimstone Hill Fortress National Park.