Caribbean tourism officials are upbeat about 2019 and confidently expect another year of positive growth bolstered by increased airlift, improved sales, ongoing investments in hotel upgrades and refurbishments, and new properties coming on stream.
As the Caribbean island continues to court foreign vacationers, the tourism ministry announced that they expect over five million visitors in 2019.
The new head of the U.S. Virgin Islands Department of Tourism has signaled his department's desire to collaborate with other Caribbean destinations in promoting the region in the global marketplace.
According to leading villa rental experts, Jamaica has seen an unprecedented increase in advance bookings for 2019.
The tourism industry of Island nation Dominica has outperformed the projections for 2018 and government is all set to make more investment in 2019 to boost the tourism.
The quarter also represents a marginal increase of 0.9% over the same period in 2016. November 2018 was the first month to show an increase over the same month in 2016, with an increase of 15.6 % over November 2016.