Mexican Caribbean resort offers free admission to its parks IAN STALKER Playa del Carmen-area Hotel Xcaret Mexico has a great park-ing place. The 900-suite oceanfront resort falls under the same umbrella as Xcaret’s seven area parks, with admission to those parks being...
Air Canada will have two winter routes to the island Martinique is gearing up for its winter tourism season, doing so in part by reminding Canadians of the current differences in weather between this country and the tropical island. Gaëtan Paderna of the Martinique Tourism Committee noted the contrast...
Tourist board says Acapulco is ready to welcome Canadian vacationers Mexico’s oldest tourist resort destination is hoping to attract Canadian vacationers back to a part of the world that took a beating at the hands of Mother Nature but which it says has mostly recovered from the natural disaster....
Canadian visitors to Japan have been steadily increasing Osaka is preparing to host a major extravaganza that tourism authorities expect will put the Japanese city in the history books. Liam Duffy, assistant manager of the Japan National Tourist Office’s Canadian office, told a recent Toronto event...
Company proud to be Indigenous-owned Peru’s Alpaca Expeditions says it feels a particularly personal bond with many of the sites that draw tourists to Andean Peru. The Cusco-based company is entirely Indigenous-owned and operated, an uncommon development, says company CEO Raul Ccolque. “Alpaca...
Riviera Maya retreat has a strict undress code The Riviera Maya’s Desire resort has a strict undress code. The all-inclusive resort allows guests to doff their clothes around the likes of the pool and the Jacuzzi, says resident manager Miguel Peinada-Saban, but that wouldn’t be tolerated...
DMC’ varied offerings include exploring Martinique’s shores by catamaran and speedboats Martinique DMC Coeur des Isles reports that baguettes and beaches go hand in hand on the island. Company development director Mathieu Meril says his island is an intriguing blend of French, African and Indian...
Takeaways from Goway Travel’s Africa and Middle East event Goway Travel’s Africa and Middle East program ranges from ruins to rhinos — and has a host of other exotic critters and attractions in between as well. The tour operator recently held a Toronto event detailing what it offers...
Country hasn’t seen the violence it’s neighbours have The Jordan Tourist Board North America is continuing to court Canadian tourists while conceding that getting people to visit Jordan is now often challenging as the war between Israel and Hamas has entered its second year and fighting has spread...
Annual travel mart draws people from afar Mexico’s Caribbean-fronting state of Quintana Roo has become more accessible for Canadians, thanks to its ever-broadening tourism infrastructure. The past year has seen the opening of an international airport in coastal Tulum, with Air Canada using it to carry...
