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At least five Caribbean countries have suffered double-digit drops in tourist visits this year as the global economic slowdown wreaks havoc on the region's top industry, a researcher said Thursday.

Puerto Rico's  has sand, sun and sea, but so far, it's avoided the overdevelopment that can turn beach towns into generic megaresorts.

The largest and southernmost of the Hawaiian islands is shaking, spitting, and stretching as it slowly expands into the ocean.