Costa Rica launches a tourism incubation program for indigenous peoples
The United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo launched the ‘Raíces’ program on Tuesday, an initiative focused on the generation and consolidation of indigenous tourism ventures
TTC Special: Earth’s climate in big trouble if space tourism grows
Those who are interested in promoting space tourism will have to face an additional obstacle: The one raised by the defenders of nature in their protests. The reason is that the modality has been revealed as "a major risk for the Earth climate", at least in its current technical conditions
Point of View: Tourism returns to Europe slowly
Western Europe is expected to perform better globally this year while 24% below 2019. But it is hard for eastern Europe to recover. The chances of recovery in eastern Europe would be in 2025
It’s official: Cuban swimmers in Caribbean Games
Cuba participated last week in two of the six sports with 58 athletes in the 1st Caribbean Games of Guadeloupe, a multi-sport event attended by some 800 competitors from 29 countries and very important for regional tourism
Scientists create guidelines to help conserve Caribbean coral reefs
At a critical time for economies and the ocean, The Nature Conservancy, the Caribbean Hotel & Tourism Association and the United Nations Environment Programme joined forces to create, for the first time in the Caribbean, a guide to coral reef restoration designed specifically for the tourism sector
Costa Rica: 12 cantons on red alert for possible direct impact by Bonnie
The Comisión Nacional de Emergencias (CNE) – National Emergency Commission, raised the alert level from orange to red in the cantons of Liberia and La Cruz, in Guanacaste; the North Zone (Los Chiles, Guatuso, San Carlos, Río Cuarto, Sarapiquí and Upala) and the North Caribbean (Guácimo, Pococí, Siquirres and Matina)
Sunwing set to take over all 11 hotels on Cayo Largo, Cuba
Blue Diamond Resorts is Sunwing’s hotel management company and the second largest hotel chain in number of rooms in Cuba following Meliá and ahead of Iberostar
Point of View: International tourism saw a 182% year-on-year increase in January-March 2022
According to the latest UNWTO World Tourism Barometer, international tourism saw a 182% year-on-year increase in January-March 2022, with destinations worldwide welcoming an estimated 117 million international arrivals compared to 41 million in Q1 2021
Covid-19 continues to attack, but symptoms are mild in patients
The Covid virus is still active in the population, and more people are turning to sample stations to confirm or rule out whether they contain the virus
CITAG Alerts Caribbean Health Ministries On Decline In Childhood Vaccination
In some countries as many as three out of 10 infants are not fully vaccinated putting them at risk of measles, polio and other diseases eliminated in the Americas that continue to circulate in other areas of the world
