Caribbean tourism in 2022 was characterized by strong recovery reported the Caribbean Tourism Organization at its annual Tourism and Outlook presentation on March 7. Acting CTO Secretary General Neil Walters reported that the Caribbean tourism industry was resilient and built on the rebound that began in the middle of 2021. By the end of 2022, […]
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Caribbean tourism records 7th consecutive year of record growth with 29.3 million arrivals
Announcing that 2017 is the Year of Adventure for the CTO, the Caribbean Tourism Organization revealed that Caribbean tourism surpassed 29 million arrivals for the first time, with its record-breaking performance once again growing faster than the global average. The Caribbean continues to break new ground, said Hugh Riley, CTO Secretary General, during the annual […]
Caribbean tourism outperforms all regions in the world in 2015, with record arrivals and earnings
The Caribbean has turned in record-breaking tourism and spend numbers for 2015, although island retailers tell TMI that they are not seeing the increased spend in their stores. In addition, they worry that the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus could cut in to this year’s arrivals. The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) announced this week […]
CTO encouraged by record arrivals and tourism spend in Caribbean
Caribbean tourism officials said they were “encouraged” by the record tourism numbers achieved by the Caribbean in 2014, but cautioned that the region still has a ways to go to maintain and grow its market share. The comments were made by Hugh Riley, secretary general of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, during the question and answer […]