Articles tagged “jamaica”

The Caribbean just proved it can tragically absorb a catastrophic storm and still break tourism records. The question is how many more hits can it take.

Tourism faces the costly task of adapting to better weather harsher storms, but much of the global travel industry still lacks the financing and governance needed to prepare.

The collapse of Jamaica’s peak tourism season after Hurricane Melissa shows how unprepared the industry remains for extreme weather. Building climate resilience is no longer optional.

As climate change fuels ever-stronger hurricanes, Jamaica’s battered tourism industry faces an urgent reckoning and so do the companies invested in its future.

The startup carrier is planning to fly to Mexico, Jamaica, and the Dominican Republic, some of the most popular leisure destinations for U.S. travelers.

Music lovers have returned to festivals with a vengeance, but they've also become pickier and more environmentally conscious. So tourism authorities have to adapt to their new priorities.

Climate directly impacts environmental resources that are major tourism attractions on small islands. Expect much more upheaval in the near future.

Pinterest's list of travel destinations represents where travelers wish to go while lists of check-ins and photos from other social networks show where they've gone. The difference in the types of places on each lists highlights the differences in travelers' fantasies and realities.

Passengers aren’t buying hand-made trinkets and local cuisine as towns were led to believe, but funneling the money back into the cruise companies via excursions and on-ship purchases.