Cuba’s state-run Gaviota tourism agency plans by the year 2020 to nearly double its number of hotel rooms islandwide to 50,000, state television reported.

A $3 million yacht left Key West this week with two barbeque grills, 250 channels of satellite TV and a just-in-case plan for rescuing stranded Cuban rafters encountered in the Florida Straits.

Boasting beloved destinations like Myrtle Beach and Charleston, it's no secret that tourism is among the driving forces behind South Carolina's economy. Therefore, state officials will be pleased with how 2015 has unfolded thus far.

Aruba tourism is showing no signs of slowing down in 2015. The Dutch Caribbean’s tourism power is reporting a 16.2 percent increase in tourism arrivals in the first half of 2015, the highest rate of increase of any destination in the Caribbean.

Cuba’s Tourism Ministry (Mintur) announced recently it will launch the Tobacco Trail or Tobacco Route in September, during this year’s tourism and nature fair (Turnat).

Following another consecutive record breaking year in 2014 the Cayman Islands has remained in a modest growth position year to date June 2015. Overall air arrivals for 2015 have remained steady.