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CUBA HOLIDAY NEW RECORD
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.
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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.
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