Topic: Caribbean Tourism Organization

Speaking at the at the Caribbean Tourism Organization’s inaugural Air Connectivity Summit, Director of Tourism Rosa Harris said airlift is not simply about tourism growth, it is about economic survival.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) reaffirmed the resilience and operational stability of the Caribbean region recently.

Tourism Minister and Caribbean Tourism Organization Chairman Kenneth Bryan has issued a call for more investment in the Caribbean region, not only from foreign investors, but from those within the diaspora.

There is enough of a tourist market share for all Caribbean nations to thrive, Cayman’s tourism minister Kenneth Bryan told a regional press conference this week.

Tourism throughout the Caribbean is rebounding strongly following the pandemic, but challenges from a lack of airlift, looming recession and supply chain problems is still hampering recovery, according to the Caribbean Tourism Organization.

The chairman of the Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) Kenneth Bryan said the focus of International Women’s Day (IWD) this year reminded him of how much women have contributed to the success of the region’s most dynamic economic driver, tourism.

Members of the Caribbean Tourism Organization, the region's tourism development agency, on Tuesday night elected Tourism Minister Kenneth Bryan as their chairman.

Caribbean tourism leaders are cautiously optimistic about the revival of the industry with preliminary data suggesting the region outperformed the rest of the world in the first half of 2021.

Director of Tourism Rosa Harris received the coveted Jerry Award from the Caribbean Tourism Organization at a gala ceremony in New York City on Thursday, 6 June, for her work in promoting tourism.

The Caribbean Tourism Organization is forecasting strong growth in arrivals across the region in 2019 as hurricane-hit destinations continue their recovery from the destructive storm season of 2017.

The tourism industry needs to focus on creating “quality jobs” rather than just quantity, delegates at a Caribbean Tourism Organization conference heard Wednesday.

Visitors to the Caribbean hit a record level in 2016, with 29.3 million traveling to the region, the Caribbean Tourism Organization reported Thursday. The report marks the seventh year of consecutive growth. At 4.2 percent growth, overall tourist arrivals to the Caribbean region surpassed the global average of 3.9 percent.

Despite recording record visitor arrivals in 2015, the Cayman Islands was outstripped in tourist arrivals by the rest of the Caribbean, which enjoyed record growth.