The World Travel Awards (WTA), a competition that recognizes, rewards, and celebrates excellence in all sectors of the travel, tourism, and hospitality industries around the world, nominated the Fábrica de Arte Cubano (FAC) for the ninth time.
The WTA included the Havana cultural institution in its shortlist for Caribbean’s Leading Entertainment Venue, a recognition that celebrates excellence in the region’s cultural and leisure offers, according to a statement sent to OnCuba.
This nomination consolidates FAC’s position as one of the “most innovative and vibrant spaces on the contemporary cultural scene,” with a unique approach that fuses music, visual arts, dance, film, design, and thought, and that “continues to attract thousands of national and international visitors each year.”
“Being nominated again is an honor and a testament to the impact that a cultural project born in Cuba with a global vocation can have,” said FAC leader, renowned Cuban musician X Alfonso, who also sees “the public that accompanies us, the team that makes this dream possible every night, and the creative community” that brings the project to life.
On the platform, one of the most important for international tourism on the island, the public has the opportunity to support this project, which represents Cuba and the Caribbean, with their vote until June 22.
Since its opening in 2014, the FAC has earned several international nominations for the 2019 World Greatest Places, the World Travel Awards, and the 2017 Excelencias Award, among other accolades, for its innovative management and artistic offers.
In 2020, it received the prestigious 2020 Travelers’ Choice Award, awarded based on the opinions of tourists on TripAdvisor, the world’s largest travel platform.
A year earlier, it was included on the list of the 100 best places in the world, according to the U.S. magazine Time, whose annual guide highlights the innovation and originality of the selected destinations.
It is considered one of the most frequented sites by a segment of Cuban youth, especially those from Havana, and by foreigners visiting the capital.
According to X Alfonso, the project offers a “risky, less touristy and commercial view of Cuban culture,” and describes it as a live place and a “space for creative freedoms and experimentation.”
