Havana, Cuba_ The authorities of the Cuban Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) said this Wednesday that the main professional and promotional event of the Cuban leisure and travel industry, the International Tourism Fair, scheduled for May 3 to 6 in Holguin, promotes the infrastructural revitalization of that province, Granma newspaper reports.
According to Maria del Carmen Orellana, director general of Mintur's Marketing Department, the event, which for the first time reaches eastern Cuba, promotes a significant investment process in the country's fourth tourism pole to receive airlines, tour operators, travel agencies, mass media, hotel and non-hotel companies, transporters, tourism entities and service companies from Cuba and the world.
During a press conference she highlighted the progress achieved in the construction and renovation of hotel and extra-hotel facilities in the city of Holguín, Gibara, the peninsula of Ramón de Antilla, where there are possibilities of having more than 19 000 rooms, and beaches Esmeralda, Guardalavaca and Pesquero, headquarters of the professional exchanges of FITCuba 2017.
The official praised Holguin’s population for the enormous enthusiasm they have for showing the best of their territory in this 37th edition of FITCuba, which will address the future of the next tourist seasons and provide up-to-date the Portfolio of Foreign Investment Opportunities of a strong branch which over the last two decades has matured as an essentially dynamic sector for the economic development of the Greater of the Antilles.
On the other hand, Germany will be the guest of honor for being one of the main markets of the Old Continent. Preceded by Canada, the Cuban community residing abroad and the United States, until October 2016 the German nation appeared as the fourth largest visitor to the island and topped the list of traditional European issuers.
According to Orellana, in 2016, about 242,000 visitors arrived from the Teuton country, up 38 percent from the previous year.
According to the specialist, the event dedicated to the product circuit, one of the ways in which the Germans bet more, will celebrate for the third consecutive time a Supplier Fair, distinguished by the large presence of local producers, which will help Give more prominence to the national industry.
FITCuba will have the challenge of improving the balance obtained in Havana in the 2016 event which, with more than 5,000 participants from 59 countries, was the most crowded in the almost four decades of history of the event, and will dedicate its last day, as is usual, to the sale of tourist offers for the domestic market, especially focused in the summer months.
Prior to the beginning of FITCuba 2017, the official launch of Gibara as a tourist destination will take place, "a charming town, where there is a legend that ensures that whoever arrives always returns; A place with very unique crafts and food, " Orellana said.
The fair is expected to continue having a favorable impact on the quality of tourism offerings, as well as entrepreneurs interested in business and the increase in the number of operations and airlines, which guarantees an increase in the arrival of travelers to the country.
At the same time, the meeting will coincide with the Romerías de Mayo, the traditional Holguin party that will highlight the most authentic expressions of Cuban culture.
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