A celebration of Cuban rural tourism in September 2025
By Daily Pérez Guillén
Cuba is organizing the 10th Ibero-American Rural Tourism Meeting, to be held from September 29 to October 5 in the western part of the country.
The event was officially presented at FITUR’s International Press Center by the Secretary General of the Ibero-American Institute of Rural Tourism (IBEROATUR), Juan José Salado Sánchez.
The organization decided to award Cuba the honor of hosting the event given its long experience in this type of tourism, which makes it a benchmark for the region, according to the secretary general.
Raúl Naranjo Aday, director of Ecotur, an agency specializing in such travel options, presented the concept of the event, which is based on sustainable development.
Typical rural fiestas (guateques), visits to agro-ecological farms, meetings in academic centers, exchanges with entrepreneurs and the presentation of scientific topics related to the advancement of agro-tourism, sustainable local tourism, climate change, community tourism and others will also feature as part of the program of this tenth edition of the event.
The Agricultural University of Havana and the National Botanical Garden will host the main activities of the meeting and the preparations have already begun.
IBEROATUR brings together representatives of the 22 countries of Ibero-America, among them entrepreneurs, universities and associations.

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