Record of Argentina tourism to Cuba

More tourist from Argentina to Cuba The Argentina market will achieve this year 2010 record of travelers to Cuba, revealed in Buenos Aires the director of the Office of Tourism of the Island to the Cono Sur, Luis Aguilera. With a cumulative increase of 11.81 percent between January and May over the same period of 2009, it appears that this year will exceed the highest possible number of visitors issued by Argentina to the Caribbean destination: 54 000 185 in 2000. Aguilera explained to Prensa Latina, that several factors like the increase in air capacity, adequate advertising and promotion strategy and the incorporation of new tour operators are part of this achievement. The main airline Cubana de Aviación has maintained a second weekly frequency, which together with increased frequencies by COPA and TACA airlines has enabled Argentina to increase the number of available airline seats, he said. He also announced that next Friday, the Brazilian Airline Gol for the first time will link Buenos Aires with the city of Santa Clara, to open up to Argentine tourists a new destination: the Santa Maria and Ensenachos keys. This is an operation which will run weekly during the months of July and August, which bear the risk Freeway Tour Operators, Julia Tours, Solways EuroVips, TopDest, Soles, Ola, Havanatur and Sol y Son, he said. In the inaugural flight, he added, will travel twenty specialized media journalists, who in addition to the Keys of Villa Clara will visit heritage cities of Remedios, Trinidad, Cienfuegos and Havana. Aguilera anticipated the possibility that, from November next and in conjunction with the tour operator TopDest and Cubana de Aviacion, a connection is unprecedented in the northeastern province of Holguín. Regarding other Cono Sur's markets, the manager announced that the next Saturday, July 10, and during two more months, the Brazilian airline "White" will begin operating from Rio and Sao Paulo with Varadero resort destination. It is also possible that the charterers Chilean company Pan (PAN) to resume its operations in Cuba, as it did in 2009, because that market has been renewing and has accumulated a growth of about a five percent by ending of May. Cono Sur should deliver this year more than 100 000 tourists to Cuba, of which about 60 000 will come from Argentina, firmly positioned among its top eight markets in importance, stressed PL reporter from Buenos.