CUBA INVESTMENTS: 06.2012

6/14/2012

Havana Cuba— The number of tourist that travel to Cuba has grown by 6% in comparison with last year, as was announced during the opening of the 32nd International Tourism Fair, which initiated its sessions May 8 in Cayo Santa María, Villa Clara province.

Cuban Minister of Tourism, Manuel Marrero Cruz stated that a total of 1.3 million visitors traveled to Cuba from January through April of this year.

Main tourism countries are Canada number one followed by France, as well as Argentina, this last with a growth of 50%. Russia, Germany, Mexico, Holland, Colombia and Brazil are also showing sustained growth, Marrero noted. The main factor was the huge increase in American tourist and Cuban Americans traveling to Cuba from the United States.

Cuba top minister of tourism observed that this sustained development is due to Cuba’s interest in promoting more complete and comprehensive visits, including history, nature, culture, health and events as added options to traditional sun and beach vacations. This has resulted in a growing demand for this kind of tourism, particularly in national heritage cities.

Cuba Havana Attractions

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In response to this demand, Marrero announced upcoming investments in Viñales, Santa Clara, Remedios, Cienfuegos, Bayamo, Camagüey, Ciego de Avila, Baracoa, Trinidad and Havana, to expand hotel capacity in these areas.

The Tourism Minister also noted that Cuba currently has a total of 58,626 rooms, 63% of which are located in four and five star hotels, reflecting the high degree of comfort in these facilities.

He added that this sustained increase has been paralleled by advances in civil aviation, with the upgrading in 2011 of Varadero Airport and Terminal 2 of the capital’s José Martí facility, while the runway of Santa Clara’s Abel Santamaría terminal is to be extended in order to receive large aircraft.
Next year Cuba is predicting to break the toursit record again with more Cuban vacations and holiday
packages to Varadero beach, Havana, Cayo Coco, Trinidad, Cayo Largo, and other Cuban vacation destinations.

6/11/2012

CUBA INVESTMENT PGA GOLF RESORTS

PGA Golf In Cuba

CUBA PLANS 20 PGA GOLF COURSES IN CUBA

Cuba Ministry of Tourism under the leadership of Former Cuban President Fidel Castro have announced plans to build 20 PGA golf courses over the next 10 years till 2025 as the Cuban island plans to offer more Golfing and themed amusement parks in addition to the sun and sand to the three million tourist who visit Havana, Varadero, Cayo Coco, Trinidad and all of Cuba every year stated Tourism Vice Minister Alexis Trujillo .

Cuba plans to build American style Golf resorts and Disney theme parks and add 250,000 All inclusive luxury hotel resorts as it tries to expand Cuban tourism and enhance its image as the Caribbeans leading resort destination said the tourism minister at news conference in Havana Cuba.

Cuban Tourism has become Cuba's main source of foreign currency since the collapse of Russia early in the 1990s which cut economic subsidies and started a long lasting deep depression. While Cuba is famous for the historical charm of Old Havana and its antique American vintage cars dating from the 1950s, most tourists go straight to Varadero beach resorts located north on the Caribbean island best beaches.

Tourism to Cuba rose 9.8% in 2012 after U.S. President Barack Obama lifted the American embargo to Cuba with travel restrictions and allowed Americans on religious and cultural exchanges to visit Cuba. Almost 300,000 Cuban-Americans and 50,000 American born citizens have vacationed to Cuba since 2011.

Canadians on Holiday to Cuba, Havana and Varadero beach are by the far the most popular tourist to the island with more than 1 million Tourist expected in 2012.