Tourism in Cuba
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ARUBA, 2017/09/10
Resilient, powerful, strong and faithful. This is how Ramon Andrew described the people of Turks and Caicos. Ramon Andrews, the outspoken director of Tourism for the Caribbeans island country Turks and Caicos sounded somehow relieved at the same time as he updated the media today on the current situation on his island, specifically commenting on the safety of visitors and visitor industry professionals.
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AFGHANISTAN, 2017/09/09
Destinations worldwide welcomed 598 million international tourists in the initial six months of 2017, some 36 million additional than in the same period of 2016. At 6%, increase was well above the trend of recent years, making the current January-June period the strongest half-year since 2010.
Visitor numbers reported by destinations around the world reflect strong request for international travel in the initial half of 2017, according to the new UNWTO World Tourism Barometer. Worldwide, international tourist arrivals (overnight visitors) increased by 6% compared to the same six-month period last year, well above the sustained and consistent trend of 4% or higher increase since 2010. This represents the strongest half-year in seven years.
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CUBA, 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.
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CUBA, 2015/04/02
Trinidad and Tobago says it has signed a cooperation agreement with Cuba that will allow for the development of multi-destination tourism packages.
A statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs here said that the agreement was signed in Havana by Tourism Minister Gerald Hadeed and his Cuban counterpart Manuel Marrero Cruz.
It said the accord will allow for the exchange of professionals and specialists in scientific research to improve Trinidad and Tobago tourism product inclunding joint venture arrangements in the Cuban tourism industry.
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CUBA, 2014/12/18
The United States will relieve restrictions on remittances, travel and banking relations. It appears from presently on tourists will be allowed to vacation on the Caribbean Island of Cuba. They will be allowed to use US Dollar and US Credit cards to pay for expenses and travel packages.
Such a step would require congressional approval.
In the short term the United States will relieve travel restrictions across all 12 categories currently envisioned under limited circumstances in American law, inclunding family visits, official visits, journalistic, professional, educational and religious activities, and public performances, officials said. Ordinary tourism, however, will remain prohibited - perhaps only for a short foreseeable timeframe
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CUBA, 2014/03/24
Maria del Carmen Orellana, commercial director at the Cuban Ministry of Tourism, stated in Moscow on Saturday that due to the large flow of Russian tourists to Cuba, this market is one of the majority significant for her country.
The number of Russian travelers who prefer the benefits of our island and the wide range of offers, such as world heritage cities and culture, inclunding the traditional sun and beach destinations, has increased.
Interviewed by Prensa Latina regarding her participation at the Moscow International Travel and Tourism (MITT) equitable, which ends today, Orellana said the Cuban delegation came here in response to a request from Russian partners.
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CUBA, 2013/12/19
The cruise ship LV Louis Cristal set sail from Havana on the initial of its round-the-island trips, marking from presently on an extra effort to establish Cuba as an attractive and profitable cruise industry destination.
Cuba Cruise, based in Calgary, Canada, chartered the vessel this year for weekly sails through March 24 that will take on passengers in Havana or Montego Bay, Jamaica, for seven-day circumnavigations of the island for $746 and up.
The 1,200-passenger vessel will make stops in Havana, Holguin, Santiago de Cuba, Cienfuegos and Punta Frances on the Isle of Youth, and offer tours of beaches, nightclubs and colonial-era fortresses and architecture.
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CUBA, 2012/12/28
The visit of South American tourists to Cuba increased until last Monday in over 22 % compared to the same period of 2011, informed here sources from the Tourism sector.
Until December 24 a total of 163, 046 visitors from Argentina, Chile, Peru, Brasil, Uruguay and Paraguay travelled to the Caribbean archipelago, which represented a yearly increase of 22, 07 % and a 49, 36 % compared to 2010, detailed Luis Felipe Aguilera.
