CARIBBEAN TOURISM recorded its highest growth ever in 2015, setting new records for arrivals and visitor spend in the region.
Giving an update on the industry’s performance earlier today, Secretary General of the Caribbean Tourism Organisation (CTO) Hugh Riley reported for the second year in a row, the pace of growth “out-performed every major tourism region in the world”.
In the media link-up across the region, Riley said the performance exceeded World Tourism Organisation projections, with 28.7 million visitors to the Caribbean contributing approximately $30 billion to Caribbean economies.
The news conference hosted at the CTO’s Warren’s St Michael Offices, attracted questions from Barbados and other territories about the effect of the Zika virus on the region’s tourism as well as the high cost of intra-regional travel. (GC)
