Haiti’s development plans are expanding to another new island. As the country has looked to develop tourism projects on the island of Ile a Vache and signed a major deal with Carnival Cruise Lines for a project on the island of Ile de la Tortue, it’s looking to develop a third island: Gonave.

The visit of President Juan Carlos Varela to Spain, September 6 - 10, brought about important outcomes in terms tourism cooperation, public health, transportation and preservation of historic heritage; according to the report put on the map by the government to describe the visit of the leader to the old continent.

The island of Barbados has announced its newest divisions of tourism affairs, the Barbados Tourism Marketing and the Barbados Tourism Product Authority.

August saw an increase of 12.8 percent in foreign tourists in the Dominican Republic compared to August 2013, the country announced on Sunday. Most of the tourists came from the United States. Local authorities said that that the increase is a new record "for the sector," as reported by EFE.