Most visited Caribbean countries and how they stack up during spring break

Samantha Shankman

April 2nd, 2013 at 6:00 AM EDT

Photo Credit: A tourist sits in his beach chair at the resort, Excellence Punta Cana, in the Dominican Republic. Flickr / Ted Murphy

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The majority of the Caribbean islands rely on American visitors to fuel their tourism industries, but Cuba is the stark exception as the second most-visited island in the region and very few Americans in sight.

Blocking American tourists from visiting Cuba has done little to thwart its tourism industry. The island was the second most-visited Caribbean island in 2012, according to the latest statistics released by the Caribbean Tourism Organization. More than 2.83 million overnight tourists arrived in Cuba in 2012, a 4.5 percent year-over-year increase led by the Canadian market. The only island to

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