Havana was declared capital of the Latin America cocktail during the International Tourism Fair FITUR 2018 which currently carries out in the Spanish capital.
The president of the Spanish and Latin-American’s Gastronomy academies, Rafael Anson, and the Cuban Minister of Tourism, Manuel Marrero, signed that distinction, announced in his Twitter account Gustavo Machin, ambassador of Cuba in Spain.
FITUR takes place until next Sunday 21, and participate more than 10 thousand companies, including several delegations from Latin American countries.
Traditionally, the Cuban entities of the tourist sector attendance to this important meeting, besides, in this opportunity has the presence of associate hotel chains as Melia Hotels, Iberostar and Blue Diamond, among others.
In 2017 the biggest island of the Antilles received more than four million visitors and according to official forecasts during the current year should reach the record figure of five million.