A group of actions aimed to celebrate the statement of the Cuban Guajira -a popular song about countryside life- as the humanity's immaterial cultural heritage, were announced by the cultural authorities of the island in a meeting with the press.
Varadero resort, top tourist sun and beach destination in Cuba, received in 2017 a figure record of a million 700 thousand foreign visitors, informed the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR).
Carrier of history and values like any other article of clothing in Cuba, the guayabera –a sort of lightweight man’s shirt- constitutes one of the most valuable traditions in the Biggest Island of the Antilles, extended today inside and outside of its bounds.
The Viñales valley, located in the western Cuban province of Pinar del Rio and declared by the UNESCO Humanity’s Natural Heritage in 1999, has been chosen now among the 25 destinations recommended to visit next year, according to an important tourism expert’s committee at a world level.
The super play Carmina Burana by Cuba’s Contemporary Dance (DCC) deserved the Villanueva Special Prize of the dance critics that every year awards the best national and foreign shows presented in the country.
After to remain closed during 10 years, el Castillo de las Nubes, a construction of medieval style, draws once again a lot of tourists who visiting Soroa, in the western province of Artemisa, turned into a hotel since its reopening in December of last year.
An Airbus A330 of the French Airline’s International Corsair arrived this weekend to the airport Abel Santamaria of the Villa Clara province, located in the central part of the Island, strengthening the air connection between France and Cuba in the current tourism high season at the biggest island of The Antilles.
The Cuban painter and engraver Eduardo Roca, alias Choco, received the National Prize of Plastic Arts 2017 for his valuable contribution to the development of the visual arts in this Caribbean country.
The Russian airline Nordwind will begin December 25 charter flights between Moscow and Holguin, in the Cuban east region, from what will be the first time in the history of the relationships between that Euro-Asian country and the biggest island in the Antilles that both cities are connected directly.
Representatives of Cuban Health Services Management (SERVIMED) renewed the academic service agreement established with the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology of the Dominican Republic (MESCYT), informed official sources.
Cuba expects to receive five million visitors next year, a 6.4 percent increase regarding 2017, said in Havana the Minister of Tourism, Manuel Marrero.
An intense program of concerts that will embrace the whole country to say goodbye to the 2017 and to receive the new year was announced by the Cuban cultural authorities in a meeting with the press.
La embajadora de Cuba en Unesco, Dulce Buergo, reafirmó el compromiso de su país con la promoción y protección de la cultura en sus más diversas expresiones, informaron fuentes diplomáticas.
The hotel group Gaviota and the company Banyan Tree Hotels & Resorts, of Singapore, are going to inaugurate next May a new facility in Santamaria Key intended to the adult segment with 252 rooms.
More than 300 companies of 31 countries confirmed their participation in the 27th International Book Fair, Cuba 2018, programmed in February 1 -11, in this capital, was announced by the Organizing Committee of the event.
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