Tourist arrivals in Barbados are up by just over 5 per cent for the first seven months of the year and the Barbados Tourism Marketing Inc. (BTMI) is pressing ahead with initiatives to achieve a record-breaking performance.
The global travel & tourism market is expected to reach US$ 13,556.4 Bn by 2027, expanding at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2019 to 2027.
As tourist rush from China to Russia and vice-versa is constantly rising, officials from the two neighboring countries are convinced to develop the visa process in order to make travel easy and remove all barriers.
American tourist to Rwanda have grown by 114 percent year on year, according to data from an international travel agency network. Gorillas are among the largest tourism drivers in the country.
Cuba has received so far some 3 million foreign visitors, with Canada as its top outbound market, despite a decrease in travelers mainly due to the strengthening of U.S. sanctions and the prohibition of cruise trips from that country to the Caribbean island.
China’s outbound market has been impacted because of the U.S. China trade dispute, Canada’s diplomatic kerfuffle with Beijing due to the ongoing unrest on Hong Kong’s streets.