Nearly 300 tour operators participating until October 12 in the Second Macro Convention of the DITGestión group of travel agencies exchanged experiences with representatives of Ecotur, Cubanacán and Havanatur to learn about the potential of Cuba as a destination.
At the Grand Memories Holguín hotel, which belongs to the Gaviota group and is managed by the Blue Diamond chain, the European representatives from Spain and Portugal learned about the extra-hotel activity and the great number of attractions for tourism, especially El Ramón de Antilla as a new tourist destination in eastern Cuba.Gihana Galindo Enriquez, commercial director of the Ministry of Tourism (Mintur), in statements to the Cuban News Agency, said that during the last few days excursions were made to Gibara, Holguín and Cayo Saetía in order to introduce visitors to the experience of knowing this tourist area of the country and facilitate sales to foreign customers.
Among the training they have received are issues related to tourist visas currently in the process of transition from the physical tourist card to the electronic visa, they also learned about the possibilities of the Internet in the archipelago through Cubaceltur products to stay connected throughout the stay, he added.
Jhon Arriaga, president of the Dit Gestión group, which groups 1,100 travel agencies in Spain and 200 in Portugal, said that due to the success of the last event in the province of Santa Clara, two flights arrive every week and we hope that next year we will receive four planes during the high season with this market and that is what we want to transfer to this area of the country.
Tour operators are trained on destinations in eastern Cuba
Cuba has an enormous tourist potential, because the green of Holguín province with its lush natural parks, the beauty of Baracoa, in Guantánamo and the faith in El Cobre, in Santiago de Cuba, cannot be found in any other country and that is what we must sell, he said.
Our company seeks the authenticity of the destination and the diversity of the Oriente, we are also interested in knowing how these places are preserved and the options they have for hiking and nature tourism, said Javier Chiribella Costa, a member of the Canarias Nature Guides agency, about the experience of the event.
As part of the promotion of Cuba’s tourism product, the Destinos Gaviota tourism fair will also take place, with the participation of more than 1,200 travel agents, hotel chains and airlines, and the opening of the Sierra Cristal hotel on the El Ramón de Antilla peninsula, in Holguín.
With information by Sheyla Díaz Figueras – ACN / Translated by Radio Angulo
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