Golf is at the center of Dominican Republic’s first ever event that gathers players, tour operators, travel agencies and even specialized publications to showcase the country’s 25 links, and a market niche one of the sponsors called “better than gold.”

La Libertad is the only region in Peru that contains all three of Peru’s diverse geographical regions: the coast, highlands, and rainforest. Its capital, Trujillo, is a popular city destination, particularly for its proximity to surfers’ mecca, Huanchaco and archaeological site Chan Chan.

Sunbathers stretch out along white beach after white beach on the sweltering Caribbean coast. Tequila-swigging revelers pack the glittering nightclubs wall to wall. Surfers carve up the Pacific waves. As the season draws to an end, officials here are boasting a bumper season in the country’s top resorts.

The Caribbean recorded a rise in visitor arrivals during the first half of this year, keeping pace with the world average, according to figures released by the Barbados-based Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO). The region has so far enjoyed a 4.3 percent increase.

Cuba continues to develop Nature Tourism, a modality that chips in important revenues to the island’s economy, despite boasting a still low number of enthusiasts. The tour modality is being promoted and managed by Ecotur travel agency which focuses in markets such as France, the U.K., Canada and Brazil, among other countries.

PKF Consulting USA (PKFC) announced that the average Caribbean hotel enjoyed an 18.6 percent increase in net operating income (NOI) during 2013, according to its newly released 2014 edition of Caribbean Trends in the Hotel Industry.