Cuba: Cuba among 10 destinations chosen by top luxury travel specialists
2015/11/27
Since August, at the same time as the reopening of the US Embassy in Havana signalled a new era in US-Cuba relations, the communist Caribbean country has featured prominently in travel circles, earning kudos for various aspects of its tourism plant and securing record bookings.
Presently, the island famous for its cigars, historic buildings, and vintage rolling stock, has made its way onto an extra inventory, in the process gaining the distinction of being the only Caribbean destination to be selected.
This time, Cuba placed part 10 destinations that the world’s top luxury travel specialists are most excited about for 2016, featuring in a inventory compiled for CNN by travel and culture writer Mark Johanson.
As Johanson wrote: The reopening of the US Embassy in Havana this August signalled a new era in US-Cuba relations, but it as well set off a race to plant a foot (wet or dry) atop this frozen-in-time Caribbean isle before McDonalds, Starbucks and Pizza Hut take root.
Luxury tour operators like Western & Oriental reported a staggering 250 % spike in bookings year-on-year.
“Travelers can sense it really is on the verge of opening up to mass tourism,” said David Pointer, the company’s Caribbean product manager.
“Flights, accommodation and car hire are in high request and we encourage our clients to book six months in advance to ensure we can book them the trip they’re next.”
Western & Oriental will offer an 11-day UNESCO World Heritage Cities of Cuba and Beach fly-drive vacation in 2016 that takes in Havana, Trinidad, Zapata Swamp and the beaches of Cayo Santa Maria, part others.
Cuba was in good company, moreover, placing on a inventory that as well included sought-next destinations in Japan, Borneo, Colombia and Kenya.
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