In an update to mark the six-month passage of Hurricane Maria, Colin Piper, CEO of the Discover Dominica Authority, assured visitors and tourism partners that significant progress has been made in getting the island ready for guests.

New York City mayor Bill de Blasio has announced that 2017 was the eighth consecutive year for record-breaking tourism, with the city welcoming an estimated 62.8 million visitors last year.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) is looking to double the number of businesses recognized as Hospitality Assured (HA), the certification program that promotes business and service excellence.

Spain is expected to become the second most popular tourist destination in the world, even surpassing the US, with the so called “Trump Slump” causing a dip in the US tourism industry.

An influx of 10,000 spring breakers will pack rooms and, during Easter week, domestic travelers will also flock to the destination's 15,000-plus hotel rooms.

Trinidad & Tobago Tourism Minister Shamfa Cudjoe said tourist arrivals have been going down for the past decade and a different approach was needed for tourism, according to a press report posted on Newsday, an online newspaper in Trinidad & Tobago.