Landry will deliver the feature address on Sept. 16 at the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s State of the Tourism Industry Conference (SOTIC) in Barbados.
Martinique is seeing a significant increase in visitors from the United States and Canada, following a concerted push in recent years to focus on the North American market.
The special licenses approved by President Barack Obama, allowing US citizens to travel to Cuba, have had a significant effect on the increase of US travelers to the island. In the first half of the year the number of US tourist visits grew by 61.2 percent.
While Riviera Nayarit was initially promoted as a luxury getaway, it’s now garnering attention as a well-rounded destination with appeal for all types of travelers.
Investors and the government plan to spend more than $1 billion over the next few years, hoping to return Acapulco to its former glory.
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