Cruises Tourism in Cuba

Reborn cruise tourism in Cuba with Spanish Ship Gemini at Havana port The imminent arrival of 800 tourists a week to the Cuban capital, was announced by Lester Felipe Oliva, president of the travel agency Cubatur, minutes after the arrival of the Spanish ship Gemini, the port of Havana. Start a season for this type of hiking, which brought the first 220 visitors from Spain and other countries. The Gemini, the Spanish company Happy Cruises, will depart from Havana every Saturday and reach ports of Cancun and Cozumel, Mexico, Grand Cayman, and Paradise Island, Punta French, and Isla de la Juventud. This offer, known by the attractive name of Treasures of the Caribbean, will continue until late April 2011 and lasted for eight days and the possibility of tourists make a stay in Cuba for seven nights at the end of the trip. Despite the obstacles that cause this type of travel due the U.S. blockade against the island, European companies maintain its interest by holding, a sample was the announcement by the president of the travel agency Cubatur of future operations in the region of a British and Russian Cruisers. Cruise tourism is the fastest form of tourism growth in the leisure travel market, with an average annual growth between 8 and 10%, double the development of stay modality. Historically, the Caribbean has been ranked among the destinations of your choice. According to the development of the cruise report issued by the Florida Caribbean Cruise Association (FCCA) in July 2007, the Caribbean is approximately 48% of itineraries worldwide. The high demand, 85% is concentrated in 12 large companies that make up the association called FCCA, controlling 95% of the U.S. market and 85% of the world