Jamaica’s Tourism Draws a Bead on Record Highs for 2022
Jamaica is forecasting 1.2 million visitors in 2021, a tab that will reel in $1.9 billion in revenue, Donovan White, the island's director of tourism, said during a media briefing last week
Costa Rica Has Received Almost One Million Tourists between January and October 2021
These numbers generate positivism in the face of the beginning of the traditionally high season or with greater visitation that is concentrated during the months of November and December
Cuba exhibits tourist attractions in Belgian professional salon, BTExpo-2021
Cuba presented to Belgian tourism professionals at the BTExpo-2021 exhibition its attractions and the measures adopted for the reactivation of the sector, with specialist Diana Rosa González, Tourism advisor of the Cuban embassy in France and Belgium, who is at the head of the group
New system to allow passengers to travel on plane in their own wheelchair
A further step towards the accessibility of tourism has just been taken thanks to a group of activists and designers who have developed a system that can allow passengers to get on board with their wheelchair, without affecting the aircraft’s seating configuration
Delegates hail the success of WTM London and Travel Forward 2021
Show organisers have received positive feedback and many congratulatory comments from those who attended the events – and exhibitors are already booking for next year’s show (7-9 November 2022)
Accessible Tourism: In Defense of Universal Right to Travel and a Great Economic Opportunity for Sector
The president of the Ibero-American Accessible Tourism Network, Diego Javier González Velasco, spoke with TTC about the development of this modality
TTC Special: Climate Change is a Crucial Issue for Global Tourism
Climate Change. Pixabay. By Frank Martin The Covid-19 pandemic is receding, but for the world and the tourism industry another dangerous and complex goal remains active: a winning battle against climate change. Experts argue that this type of war needed to protect nature may not be successful if it is not addressed now. This month, the United Nations Conference on Climate Change in 2021 took steps in the right direction with the organization of the 26th conference of the parties to the world body's Framework Convention on Climate Change, dubbed COP26. The summit considers that the climate is changing directly or indirectly due to human activity that alters the composition of the world's atmosphere and therefore worsens the regular changes that occur naturally on the planet. These science-proven concepts are not accepted by some very powerful global industrial sectors that refuse to feel guilty about environmental pollution. Controversial criteria [...]
Point of View: Grenada Underwater Sculpture Park completes renovations
The Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) has announced the completion of the renovation project for the Grenada Underwater Sculpture Park, located off the West Coast of Grenada in the Molinere Beauséjour Marine Protected Area
Flights between Dominican Republic and Cuba increase
From November, flights between Cuba and the Dominican Republic will increase through the Air Century company. This was confirmed by the Cuban airport company ( ECASA)
Barbados has scrapped the second COVID-19 PCR test among fully vaccinated travellers, effective immediately
The destination announced that as of Oct. 24, 2021, fully vaccinated travellers with a valid negative COVID-19 PCR test result will no longer be required to take a second PCR test on arrival in Barbados, or observe a quarantine period