As part of its commitment under the Caribbean Challenge Initiative, the country has announced the creation of 15 new marine parks and three park expansions, for a total of 4.5 million hectares.

Canadian travel firm Sunwing is offering new all-inclusive cruise packages from both Havana and Montego Bay, the company announced. The all-inclusive packages will be on board the MSC Opera beginning in December.

Upbeat on the tourism front, Chile expects to receive some 4 million tourists this year which is an increase of 3.6 million from 2014.

The new Amber Cove port on the north coast of the Dominican Republic is rapidly coming together a little more than a month before the first ship is scheduled to arrive on Oct. 6.

The Palace of Versailles, a World Heritage Site, has confirmed that it is making plans for a luxury hotel to attract private funding and renovate three of its historic buildings on the southeast side of the architectural complex, which will cost between four and seven million euros, according to local media.

T&T remains the largest regional source market of visitors to Barbados, although statistics show a steady decline in T&T to Barbados travel over the past three years.