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Tourist Slump in the Caribbean Frets Jamaican Authorities | | Thursday, 20/11/2008 | Jamaican officials plan to open a tourism training school as part of a campaign to reverse a downturn in visitors to the Caribbean island, including from the key U.S. market. “The (tourism) industry has been on a dangerous, downwards spiral over the last six months,” newly appointed Tourism Minister Ed Bartlett said in a recent statement. |
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Two Million Tourists Have Visited Cuba So Far This Year | | Monday, 17/11/2008 | Tourism to Cuba increased 8 percent over last year, despite new United States restrictions sharply cutting back on how many Americans visit the island, the state media reported. More than two million tourists have visited Cuba so far this year, the largest number ever and up from last year’s 1.9 million foreigners, the tourism minister, Manuel Marrero, announced over the weekend. |
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Downturn Will Hit Business Travel, TIA Says | | Monday, 17/11/2008 | The Travel Industry Association has released its annual travel forecast indicating that an uncertain economic climate is leading American and global travelers to change their behaviors. Although leisure travel is stable, business travel is projected to decline and the United States is likely to be hit hard by a further decline in international arrivals. |
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Nicaragua’s “Golden Route” to the Caribbean, Rio San Juan | | Monday, 17/11/2008 | A region rich with historic tales and ancient struggles, Rio San Juan, or San Juan River, which borders Costa Rica on the East, has seen its fair share of pirates, battles and entrepreneurs. Even the most outgoing adventurers will be shocked to find some of the world’s largest tarpon, weighing in at over 400 pounds, alongside Howler and Spider Monkeys, jaguars, anteaters and more in the largest uninterrupted stretch of rainforest north of the Amazon Basin. |
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WTTC Chief Calls for Unified Response to Economic Crisis | | Monday, 17/11/2008 | President and CEO of the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC), Jean-Claude Baumgarten, has called on governments around the world to work in partnership with the private sector of travel and tourism for the long-term sustainability of the industry. |
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Jamaican Authorities, RCCL Ink Megabuck Contract | | Sunday, 16/11/2008 | The Jamaican government and Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL) last Friday signed a $122-million contract for the development of a new cruise ship terminal in Falmouth that promises significant increase in stopover visits to the north coast. |
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New Tourism Scholarship Opportunity | A scholarship opportunity may soon become available for Caribbean residents who work in the tourism industry. This development is the result of a donation by the Florida-Caribbean Cruise Association of $10,000 to the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Foundation, Inc. |
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More Cruise Ships to Visit Panama | Since Panama signed an agreement with cruise ships companies, which are members of the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association in October 2000, the arrival of passengers to the Panamanian ports of Gatun, Colon 2000, Cristobal, Balboa, Fuerte Amador and Kuna Yala has increased, which confirm the status of the country as an established tourist destination. |
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