Travel warning as British tourists told to avoid Caribbean destination The UK Government is urging British tourists not to book holidays or to visit a Caribbean destination in an official warning. While Haiti is a beautiful destination and one which, according to Statista, is projected to experience considerable tourism growth in the coming years, at the time of writing the UK Government is urging Britons not to visit the island destination or book holidays in the coming weeks. The news comes as mass violence has broken out due to political unrest. A warning on the Gov.uk website states that the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) is urging all Britons to avoid travel to the country. Anyone who does travel to the area could also risk voiding their travel insurance policies. The FCDO states: "FCDO advises against all travel to Haiti due to the volatile security situation. There are currently no British consular officials in Haiti and [...]

Caribbean Tourism Experiences Strong 2023 Growth Continuing its positive recovery trend, Caribbean tourism grew in 2023 with an estimated 14.3% increase in international stay-over arrivals to the region, the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) has reported. Delivering the “Caribbean Tourism Performance Review 2023” in Bridgetown today, Dona Regis-Prosper, Secretary-General of the CTO, shared that last year’s growth was in line with CTO’s forecast for the year, and attributed the outcome to sustained demand for outbound travel from the United States – the Caribbean’s main source market, enhanced tourism-related infrastructure within the destinations, the fulfillment of strategic marketing initiatives, and augmented airlift capacity between the region and its source markets, albeit unevenly distributed among the destinations. The recovery of global tourism has been resilient, despite variability in the regional performances, according to Regis-Prosper, with the Caribbean surpassing pre-pandemic arrivals by a modest 0.8%, outperforming most of the main global regions in terms of recovery. “Based [...]

Jamaica Reports Record Tourism Figures to Begin 2024 Jamaica hosted one million visitors and earned USD $1 billion in gross foreign exchange earnings in the first two months of 2024, building on a record 2023. The country's Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett made the announcement at a Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) Caribbean Travel Marketplace press conference at the Jamaica Tourist Board’s office in Kingston last week. Jamaica saw 611,642 stopover arrivals, which represents a 7.4 percent increase compared to the same period in 2023. The island country also hosted 389,319 cruise passenger arrivals, signaling a 29.7 percent increase compared to the same period last year. Total visitor arrivals for the period were 1,000,961, which marks an increase of 15.1 percent over the same months in 2023. Altogether, the arrivals brought in $1 billion, which is an increase of 8.5 percent. "I am particularly proud of the level of growth [...]