The Chinese penchant for international travel continues to grow at a record rate, impacting the visa policies of countries around the world that want attract these travelers flush with cash.

At a press conference in Toronto yesterday to highlight Caribbean Week in Canada, Hugh Riley, CTO’s Secretary General, praised Canada for being a “strong performer” in the first half of 2017, with arrivals up 6.4 percent when compared to the same period in 2016.

After a brutal hurricane season, several South Florida hotels are anticipating higher demand in the coming months, as winter travelers who originally booked for the Caribbean are now looking to relocate vacations to Miami.

After Trump delivered a stirring speech in Miami that promised he would be “canceling the last administration’s completely one-sided deal with Cuba,” the president has tried to make official the policies he outlined in June.

The Trump administration has announced new actions to make it even harder for U.S. citizens to travel to Cuba under the popular people-to-people program, a modality that’s been around for quite some time.

Between January and August 2017, destinations worldwide welcomed 901 million international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors), 56 million more than in the same period of 2016, an increase of 7%.