It will be the largest number of American tourists to arrive in Cuba since the 1959 Revolution. The increase is expected to exceed the 50% of visitors who have already made their bookings.

The Cuban peoples' love affair with the United States is clearly front and center these days. But Lopez said progress on the island has been gradual because of Congress' embargo and travel ban there.

The Colombian government is confident that the positive end to its peace negotiations with the guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) will give a boost to the tourism sector and enable it to get as many as 5.2 million foreign visitors this year.

Results from a Department of Environment survey published this week indicate the Cayman Islands government will face troubled waters in its effort to sell residents on a plan to build two new cruise ship piers.

Change brings risk and I sense a very real danger that, in a rush to become best friends with the Americans, Cuba will forget some of the features which made the country unique in the first place, and just become another homogenous Caribbean island.

Choice Hotels International, Inc. executive, Bill Clegg, a respected hotel industry professional, believes that, as the Caribbean tourism industry recovers, its leadership should work more collectively to ensure growth in the region is sustained.