Aruba on Thursday celebrated being named a National Geographic World Legacy Award Winner in the category of "Destination Leadership" for its efforts to become the world's first country to become fully independent of fossil fuels.

Antigua and Barbuda is looking to strengthen its tourism performance in the Canadian market. The Antigua and Barbuda Tourism Authority recently sent a delegation led by new Mare Walker, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for the North American market, to ramp up sales efforts in Canada.

On the heels of record tourist arrivals for the month of January, acting prime minister, Richard Sealy, wants to see more visitors coming to Barbados from Continental Europe. He made this known on Friday when the Netherlands ambassador to Barbados, Jeroen de Graaf, paid him a courtesy call.

The Cancun Convention & Visitors Bureau has announced global visitor numbers to Cancun increased by 7.5 percent in 2014. There were a total of 4,013,002 tourist arrivals at Cancun International Airport last year compared with 3,728,247 in 2013.

Cuba is facing a tourism tsunami as Americans who can more easily visit the island rush to experience a frozen-in-time culture before it disappears.

Barbados’ tourism sector has begun to show signs of growth. In 2014 long stay visitor arrivals increased for the first time in two years by 2.2 percent to 519,638 visitors, compared to the previous year, according to Barbados Tourism Marketing (BTMI).