The well-known destination of Acapulco, in the Mexican state of Guerrero, will be home of the 29th Mexico Travel Marketplace, the Aztec nation’s major tourism event and one of the most important ones held in Latin America.

Everything is set for the eighth edition of the Caribbean Travel Marketplace (CTM) scheduled from April 19 through 21 at the Renaissance Jaragua Hotel & Casino in Santo Domingo, the Dominican capital.

The World Tourism Organization (WTO) in cooperation with the World Trade Organization and the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will hold an international symposium aimed at helping governments and travel companies alike keep a hands-on participation in the ongoing liberalization process of the leisure industry worldwide. The event is scheduled for the Madrid Conference Center.

At issue there -among other topics- will be the influence of liberalization on corporate initiatives, competition, sustainable development and ways to bring poverty levels down.

The Caribbean is the destination of choice among those who like traveling and having fun while working, said Meeting Professionals International (MPI) and American Express in a joint comparative annual report.

Planners of the Eighth Caribbean Tourist Marketplace are on a cloud nine of expectations and hopes as their main event –scheduled for April 19 through 21 in the Dominican Republic- closes in. The agenda includes an array of professionals meetings, personalized appointments, the presentation of new travel products, lectures and debates at the business center.

The Costa Rican travel sector is ready to make the most of the first regional tourism fair: the Central American Travel Market.

The event –scheduled from October 3 through 5 in Guatemala- is meant to promote the tourist offerings of Central American countries to wholesalers from Europe, Asia and South America, William Rodriguez, chairman of the Costa Rican Tourism Chamber, said in a news conference.