For decades, the southern coast of Spain has been one of the most popular tourism destinations in the world, especially the Balearic and Canary islands.

Cuba's National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI) announced this week that 218,635 tourists visited the Caribbean island in June alone.

The international marketing of Panama as a destination for shopping, culture, beaches and nature is central to the short-term plan coming out of the local Tourism Authority.

In a bid to increase tourism revenue, Belize is looking close to home. The country has launched a new ad campaign aimed at local travelers, under the theme “Discover How to Be a Belizean Traveler.”

During the first six months of 2015 Barbados recorded 303,592 long stay visitors, the first time the destination has ever topped 300,000 visitors in the January to June period.

Better still, tourism officials say they are anticipating this summer’s hotel occupancies will soar to an average of 98 percent.