After growing 20 percent annually over the past ten years and reaching a level of 800,000 tourists annually, the pace of cruise expansion in Brazil is expected to encounter a sharp slowdown in the 2011-2012 season.

Under the memorandum of understanding with Escuela de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (EMARN)-the School of the Environment and Natural Resources-Paul Smith's will send students and faculty to the Dominican Republic in January, where they'll be hosted by the school and work on joint projects in the surrounding area.

The Mexican navy on Wednesday suspended its search for seven U.S. men missing since a charter fishing boat capsized and sank in Mexico's Sea of Cortez on July 3.

Authorities in Acapulco say two Mexican tourists have been killed in a gun attack at a restaurant on the main oceanfront avenue in the tourist zone of the Pacific resort. Two other people are wounded.

Police in San Juan are stepping up their presence in tourist areas to reassure visitors that the areas are safe despite a rising homicide rate in parts of Puerto Rico, according to an ABC News report.

Delta Air Lines is notifying the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) of its plans to adjust flying in 24 small markets. In concert with the retirement of Delta's Saab fleet and to halt $14 million in annual losses, the changes will affect Essential Air Service (EAS) markets.