Operators of tours to Cuba are concerned that the picture presented in the major media of the hurricane damage to the island will discourage travel to Cuba.

VISIT FLORIDA has been in touch with the state’s Destination Marketing Organizations (DMOs) to get a county-by-county damage assessment and to review plans to best promote our state to visitors.

Zurab Pololikashvili has been appointed secretary general of the United Nations World Tourism Organization.

Luxury operator Caribtours has added Costa Rica and South Africa as new destinations in its 2018 brochures. Caribtours is publishing two brochures for 2018 - Our Caribbean and Our Beautiful World.

There’s more to see and do in South and Central America next year, with Trafalgar’s 2018 program featuring 16 handcrafted trips to the region.

The number of Russian tourists visiting Cuba has increased by up to 40 percent this year, Russia’s tour operators group said.