Cuban farmers can bypass the state and start selling products directly to businesses catering to tourists, state-run media said on Monday in announcing the latest market-oriented reform in the one of the world's last communist countries.

Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Tourism, Shelly Carrington, made the call at the launch of a National Stakeholders Meeting and Regional Monitoring and Evaluation System for Disaster Risk Management and Climate Change Adaptation in the Caribbean Tourism Sector.

Trinidad and Tobago is poised to become the fashion capital of the English-speaking Caribbean.

Carnival Cruise Lines said the Carnival Magic experienced a technical problem with one of its stern thrusters and, as a result, modified its itinerary so it can be repaired, including an overnight stay in Progreso, Mexico, instead of a call at Costa Maya, Mexico.

JetBlue Airways announced it will begin four weekly non-stop flights to Liberia, in Costa Rica's rich Guanacaste region, from its home base at New York's JFK Airport. To celebrate, the airline is also offering an inaugural fare of only $119 if booked by December 1, 2011 for travel through February 15, 2012.

Bulgaria will launch a major new tourism strategy highlighting the wide range of attractions the country has to offer as it attempts to raise its profile in the UK as a mainstream holiday destination during the participation of the country at the World Travel Market.