Authorities from Venezuela and Cuba evaluated this Thursday, during a meeting, a series of strategies to strengthen the tourism binational, which has stood out in the last year for the visit of thousands of Cubans to Margarita Island, one of the main tourist destinations of the South American country.
Through social networks, the Venezuelan Vice Minister of International Tourism, Leticia Gómez, reported the results of what she called a “fruitful” meeting with the Vice Minister of Tourism of the island country, Adalberto Venero.
Following the guidelines of our Minister, Ali Padrón, this morning #27Aprilwe held a fruitful meeting with Adalberto Venero Lemus, Vice Minister of Tourism of the Republic of Cuba together with Yunaimys Samper, General Director of Control
1/2— Leticia Gomez (@leticiagomezve) April 27, 2023
During the meeting, the officials discussed “issues to advance the development of tourism between the sister nations of Cuba and Venezuela,” said Gómez, who did not provide further details about what was discussed.
On April 20, the official met with the general director of Cubana de Aviación, Luis Godoy, and other directors of this airline with the aim of evaluating “commercial strategies to strengthen air connections” and “encourage multi-destination,” according to Gomez reported.
Margarita, in the southeast of the Caribbean Sea, has received 5,735 Cuban tourists since March 2022, when a charter operation connecting both nations began, until April 18, with the arrival on this island, belonging to the state of Nueva Esparta, of a group of 22 travelers on a flight that left Havana.
Nearly 5,000 Cuban tourists visited Isla Margarita in the last 11 months
The Venezuelan tourism sector has registered a “significant recovery” since 2021, especially in Nueva Esparta, also visited by thousands of Russians in the last year, Tourism Minister Ali Padrón said on Monday.
It foresees that, until the end of this year, 280 “direct to the island” charter flights will take place from countries such as Russia, Cuba, Poland, Colombia, Italy and Spain, which will generate an “increase” in Venezuela’s income.
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