The Minister of Tourism, Ali Padrón, reported that the government seeks to promote tourism through agreements with countries such as Russia or Cuba. He recalled that in recent days Russian tourists arrived in the country through flights that are part of a cooperation plan with Moscow.
The Minister of Tourism, Ali Padrón, reported that he is in negotiations with Russia to increase the number of flights between the two countries. The head of the ministerial portfolio said that it is expected to reach four per week and that the initiative seeks to promote tourism.
“We (now) have one every ten days, we are now working for one every seven days, and soon two a week, up to four a week,” he said during an interview with the channel. Globovisión.
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The Minister of Tourism pointed out that on Tuesday, January 10, 441 Russian tourists arrived on the island of Margarita, as part of a cooperation plan with Moscow.
On the other hand, he said that in the last three months of 2022 Venezuela received almost 5,000 tourists from Cuba, with the aim of shopping in Margarita and also in Paraguaná, in the coastal state of Falcón.
«This shopping tourism with Cuba, we start once a week (flights), we already have five a week, with the projection of having seven. These tourists are small Cuban businessmen who, on average, spend 3,500, 4,000, 5,000 dollars on consumption for four, five, seven days,” he added.
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