When you look at the beautiful pictures of the Dominican Republic, homeless life on the beach can look pretty good to people from colder climes. 

The Dominican Republic’s 2013 visitor numbers grew by 3.6% over the previous year, outpacing the entire Caribbean region, which recorded growth in tourism of only 1%.  Tourism minister Francisco Javier García described it as “an extraordinary year.” 

Michael Allen went to meet his wife for a vacation on Costa Rica’s southern Pacific coast and found that having arrived two weeks earlier she “had bought some land near the town of Ojochal” in the jungle.  He wondered if she had gone crazy. 

Archaeologist Walter Alva has praised Peru’s initiative in building new museums across the country.   

The archaeological site of Teotihuacán receives 5 ​​million visitors on average per year, which places it among the most visited in the world. 

The Dominican Republic recorded the arrival of 445,018 non-resident visitors in April, via air travel, representing a “historical” growth compared to the same period last year. 

Those who know Honduras understand that it is a country of enviable beauty with a rich cultural and historical heritage, and well endowed with natural treasures, but that these facts are largely unknown to the wider world. 

An agreement signed in Guatemala City will establish a tourist area to promote the cultural, socio-economic, and biological resources of the wider Caribbean through sustainability, integration, cooperation, and consensus. 

Peruvians love the Caribbean, especially Cartagena on the Colombian coast. 

Nicaragua is working to improve the quality and expanse of its rural tourism network.