A United Kingdom tourist died aboard the M/V Thomson Dream cruise ship while it was en route to Tortola, authorities said Tuesday. David James Hughes, 59, was pronounced dead by the ship’s doctor at 9:18 a.m. Saturday after being treated overnight.

The three-day conference has rapidly grown from 20 exhibitors and 6 presenters in 2011 to 54 exhibitors and 28 conference speakers with more than 870 scheduled business meetings in 2013.

Residents and visitors in the Caribbean communities of Costa Rica have gotten used to seeing the bilingual and courteous Tourism Police officers riding past on their high-performance bicycles and wearing their stylish white polo shirts.

The Travelers Don’t Pack a Pest program is designed to raise public awareness about the risks associated with passengers potentially introducing pests and diseases into Puerto Rico, the United States and the Caribbean region.