Haiti’s renewed focus on tourism seems to be paying off so far in 2014. After a 2013 that saw a 20.2 percent improvement in arrivals compared to the previous year, Haiti’s numbers continue to grow, according to new data from the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

The Dominican Republic’s tourism boom continues. The region’s leading tourism destination received just under 2.7 million tourist stopover arrivals in the first half of 2014, an 8.4 percent improvement over the same period in 2013.

Once we touch down on the Kuala Lumpur airport, I was anxious to steal the first look at the Petronas Towers, yet we still had a one-drive drive to the hotel ahead of us, but finally, after dreaming of this moment for years, they were standing there right before my eyes.

Over the last few years U.S. tourism to Japan has gone from the lowest of the low in the aftermath of the March, 2011 tsunami to where it is now at its highest point ever. In the first six months of 2014, from January through June, 446,000 Americans visited Japan, a record for any other six month period.

Regions in Peru’s central jungle such as Pasco have broadened their tourist appeal by implementing new routes, which explains the ongoing investment in infrastructure projects to welcome the thousands of visitors expected for national holidays.

Preliminary figures for the first half of 2014 released by Grenada Tourism Authority (GTA) show that UK tourist visits to the Caribbean island have increased by 16 percent, year on year. Grenada recorded a 14 percent increase in visitors from January to July 2014.