It’s official: Outlook positive, excitement abounds is the message from Cuba Tourist Board

With FITCuba 2023 quickly approaching, the Cuba Tourist Board hosted a lunch conference at Cibo Wine Bar in Yorkville to start spreading the word about all of Cuba’s fabulous travel offerings. Travel to Cuba is back to 80% of its 2019 level, and efforts are underway to achieve 100%, or better, of where it was. Cuba is truly a unique destination unlike any other with plenty of new developments regularly to benefit travelers. For example, a system of digital tourist visas is in the process of being implemented, with October as the goal for visas going digital. Cayo Largo is being converted to become the nation’s first Smart destination with efforts to make it all digital for elements like bookings and check-in/check-out. Flights to Cuba are seeing high load factors, creating a positive mood the situation will only improve in the months ahead for the tourism industry in Cuba. Since this [...]

By |2023-03-20T20:36:29-04:0020 de March de 2023|Business, Outstanding news, Tourism|0 Comments
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Point of View: Int´l Indigenous Tourism Conference in Manitoba

Point of View-Int´l Indigenous Tourism Conference in Manitoba. Image: Global News For the first time ever, Manitoba is the host of the International Indigenous Tourism Conference, where Indigenous tourism operators and associations have all gathered in Winnipeg for the event which got underway Wednesday. "We are very excited to be here," said Keith Henry, the president and CEO of the Indigenous Tourism Association of Canada (ITAC). "ITAC, sort of, facilitates marketing and development of Indigenous tourism in the country. We work with partners like Indigenous Tourism Manitoba and Travel Manitoba to help raise the level of awareness of Indigenous tourism opportunities here in Manitoba. So, we do that across the country and one of the ways we want to position Canada as a world leader is hosting an international conference." Henry said this is the tenth conference and the first in Manitoba and there are over 1,000 delegates in [...]

By |2023-03-13T12:38:27-04:0013 de March de 2023|Events, Outstanding news|0 Comments
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It’s official: Cuba’s Int’l Habanos Festival resumes after pandemic

The 23rd Cuba's International Habanos Festival took place recently at Havana's Palace of Conventions after a three-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic. That Festival kicked off with the opening of the trade fair with some 260 exhibitors from 10 countries. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel as well as other senior government officials attended the event. "This trade fair will be an ideal platform to boost technical and commercial exchanges among companies, suppliers and the public attending the festival," said Rodrigo Malmierca, Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade and Investment. In total, some 2,000 people from across 100 countries are participating in the festival, according to organizers. Habanos Festival Maritza Carrillo, deputy president of Cuban cigar company Habanos S.A, told Xinhua that the tobacco industry has gained more significance in Cuba with the decline in tourist arrivals caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. "This industry is highly prioritized by the Cuban government," she said."The [...]

By |2023-03-07T06:25:30-04:007 de March de 2023|Uncategorized|0 Comments
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It’s official: German tour operator reaches Cuba’s heritage city

Camagüey. Picture: Prensa Latina According to a Cuban report on Cadena Agramonte’s website, radio station in Camaguey, eastern Cuba, “the visit, organized by Cubanacan Hoteles, allows that executives and representatives of travel agencies to appreciate the heritage, cultural, and natural values of these destinations, as well as their facilities and renovated products conceived by this industry in the province.” Since late 2022, these visits have been increasing in a city whose Historic Center was acknowledged as a jewel and declared a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). Despite the complex economic situation in Cuba, the country continues to be a coveted tourist destination, as evidenced by the visit of several tour operators to this city full of history and attractions. Yuneski Cantelli, a delegate of the Ministry of Tourism in this province, told Prensa Latina Cuban News agency that “the arrival of [...]

By |2023-02-27T22:54:40-04:0027 de February de 2023|Outstanding news, Tourism|0 Comments
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PJ urges Caribbean to help rebuild Africa’s tourism industry

Former Prime Minister P J Patterson has called on the Caribbean to offer training and technological support to African countries in helping to rebuild their tourism industry. Patterson was delivering the keynote address during day two of the Global Tourism Resilience Conference at the Regional Headquarters of The University of the West Indies, Mona, in St Andrew on Thursday. According to Patterson, the tourism industry has always been seized of the need of continuous training and retraining of the workforce to address the need of travellers. However, he noted that the COVID-19 pandemic has put an even greater pressure on the sector. “The industry experienced a heavy loss of workers during the extended period of lockdown and travel restrictions. The skill sets needed to push the industry forward require training quickly and intensively,” said Patterson. “Jamaica and the Caribbean have a strong history of developing institutions to train the workforce in [...]

By |2023-02-21T15:56:31-04:0020 de February de 2023|Tourism|0 Comments
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