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Tourism For Tomorrow Award

St. Kitts Wins the Tourism for Tomorrow Award

The Awards are aimed at recognizing best practices in sustainable tourism within the industry globally, based upon the principles of environmentally friendly operations; support for the protection of cultural and natural heritage; and direct benefits to the social and economic well-being of local people in travel destinations around the world.



Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia Records over 1.2 Million Visitors In 2018

Saint Lucia has recorded its best performance ever in visitor arrivals, as it welcomed 1,218,294 visitors in 2018. That number represents a 10.2% increase over 2017, which was also a record-setting year for the island.


CTO Tourism HR Conference

This Blind Spot is Limiting Caribbean Tourism Potential

A secret to unlock the full potential of Caribbean tourism may be hidden in plain sight. That is according to Tara Tvedt-Pearson, a certified strengths coach at Gallup, who will present a solution at the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO)’s 9th Tourism Human Resources Conference in the Cayman Islands from 28-30 November, 2018.






CTO State Of The Industry Conference

Caribbean Maverick Adam Stewart to Keynote State of the Industry Conference

The chief executive officer of Sandals Resorts International, Adam Stewart, will deliver the keynote address at the Sept. 14-16 event in Barbados, chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), Barbados' minister of tourism and international transport Richard Sealy announced this morning.


Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association President Urges Caribbean Governments To Take Action On Sustainable Funding, Recognize Tourism As Number One Generator Of Jobs

Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association President Josef Forstmayr has called for urgent action by all Caribbean governments for a sustainable cooperative marketing and promotion fund and regional integration and removal of barriers for intra-Caribbean travel. At the same time, he urged the citizens and governments of all Caribbean nations to support strong advocacy for the recognition of tourism as the number one industry generating jobs in the region.