A group of tour operators and travel agents from France are visiting the main tourist destinations in Cuba, with a view to see what’s new in this destination, considered among the most popular in the Caribbean.
This mission takes place after the restarting of direct weekly flights of Cubana Airlines on the Paris -Santa Clara – Havana route (PAR- SNU- HAV), according to the Ministry of Tourism (Tourism) of the Island
Visitors are carrying out, from Friday, an extensive program of exchange with authorities and experts in the provinces of Villa Clara, Cienfuegos and Havana and the cities of Trinidad and Havana.
Also they will have meetings with Cuban receptive agencies, hotel groups, Cubana de Aviacion airline and the Tourism Ministry, actions that will serve as a prelude to the next edition of the International Tourism Fair, dedicated to the European nation and circuits’ modality.
According to the Ministry, the restarting of the PAR- SNU-HAV flight helps strengthen the product highly demanded by the French market, and promotes the influx of visitors to the Cuba destination, particularly to the north keys of Villa Clara.
With a capacity for 257 passengers, including 17 seats in business class, the flights will continue until April 25, 2014, and will leave for Paris on Thursday from Havana on Friday at 18:00 local time, according to a press release.
France ranks as the fifth emitting market worldwide for the Caribbean nation.
At the end of 2012, the island received 101,522 French visitors, and this year is working on the diversification and development of the circuits in order to attract more foreign vacationers, Xiomara Martinez, Deputy Minister of the branch said in late September.
