Distinctive Travel and Tours is now offering tours of Spain, in addition to Germany, Italy and Switzerland. Round trip tours of the regions of Andalusia and Catalonia from Madrid and Barcelona can combine shorter tours to make a longer tour.

The Costa Rica Tourist Board has officially presented Essential Costa Rica, the new country brand that Costa Rica will use to project its image internationally. The decision is part of a bid to attract more tourists and investors to the country, boost exports of home products and in particular technology.

Bonito, Midwest Brazil, will be the meeting point for the 8th Annual World Conference on Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism taking place in 2014.

Riviera Maya will reach a 70% hotel occupation with the arrival of European tourists during the month of October. “We are having a significant increase in visitors, mainly from Great Britain, Russia and other European countries“, said Dario Flota Ocampo , Director of the Tourism Promotion Trust.

The Dominican Republic Ministry of Tourism revealed its new advertising campaign for 2013 / 2014. The campaign is an extension of the previous "Has it All" tagline, expanding to capture the emotions inspired by the country.