The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO), is the region’s tourism development agency, with 24 Dutch, English, Spanish and French country members and a myriad of private sector allied members. The CTO’s vision is to position the Caribbean as the most desirable, year round, warm weather destination. Its purpose is Leading Sustainable Tourism – One Sea, One Voice, One Caribbean.
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New Statistics
March 2021: International tourist arrivals for 2021 were reported by 14 destinations. For their reporting periods, all destinations recorded declines in tourist arrivals. For the period January to February, eight destinations recorded decreases, the smallest of which was registered in Aruba (-65.9%).
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Caribbean destinations received an estimated 30.2 million international tourist arrivals in 2018 or 213.6 thousand fewer than the 30.4 million of 2017. The region’s share of global arrivals contracted marginally and stood at 2.2% at the end of 2018 compared to 2.3% in 2017.
Destinations
Explore the beauty of the CTO’s 24 destination members. From delicious cuisine to astonishing natural landscapes; from hiking, strolling the beaches, rafting, sailing and diving – there’s lots to do and see in the Caribbean. Find your adventure!
COVID-19
Access country protocols for travel and updates from CTO member countries and CARPHA on the state of COVID-19 in the region; resources from UNWTO, ILO, WHO, IATA and CTO podcasts with various industry leaders about how destinations can recover.
The Martinique Tourism Authority is organizing the Martinique Travel Show (MTS)…
The Guyana Tourism Authority (GTA) has partnered with the leading British eco tr…
Featured Allied Member
Languesol International is a language travel consultancy agency with a dual mission of promoting multilingualism in the Caribbean region, as well as travel to and within the region. Languesol International since its inception has been a digital agency.
Join as an Allied Member
Allied membership is a high-value partnership that gives members a variety of benefits, including access to innovative research and tourism data, networking and knowledge-sharing events and a powerful array of services. Joining is easy and membership is valid for one year.
New Allied Member? Welcome!
You can influence the direction of the Caribbean tourism industry while taking advantage of a range of exclusive benefits, including brand promotion and special discounts on publications and conferences.
CTO RELIEF FUND: Help countries and families affected by natural disasters
The CTO collects donations through the CTO Relief Fund for relief efforts in any of our member countries affected by natural disasters. The CTO Relief Fund has “501(c)(3)” status, which means it has been approved by the USA Internal Revenue Service as a tax-exempt, charitable organization. You can make donations to the CTO Relief Fund through Paypal.
Please select CRF from the down arrow to choose to donate to the Relief Fund instead of the Scholarship Foundation.
CTO STORM WATCH CENTER – news and updates from our member countries affected by hurricanes.
Several regional and international schools and universities offer various scholarships, grants and free college courses. Information includes links to Chevening and OAS scholarships.
Updated Privacy Policy
In line with the GDPR, CTO has updated its privacy policy so you can see the personal data we hold, how we use your personal data, the security and safeguards we have in place and your data protection rights. Read CTO’s privacy policy – https://www.onecaribbean.org/privacy-policy/
The Opt-in/Opt-out Form:it is easy for you to opt-out of our communications at any time through the unsubscribe link on emails that we send or by filling in the Opt-in/Opt-out Form located here: https://www.onecaribbean.org/contact-cto/cto-opt-in-out-form/