Havana, Cuba.- The Cuban Ministry of Tourism has voiced its commitment to sustain the transformations in recreation, through the protection of flora and fauna, and a variety of options that include cultural travel, congresses, nautical activities, nature and circuits.

Tourism in Cuba is growing and developing, betting on the use of new information technologies in the necessary process of digital transformations of the tourist destination, reports Prensa Latina news agency.

The island has more than 70 thousand hotel rooms in some 300 facilities distributed throughout the country, mostly ranging in the four and five stars' modality.

Over the past six decades, tourism has experienced continued expansion and diversification, and it has become one of the fastest-growing and most important economic sectors in the world, benefiting destinations and communities worldwide

The UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) expects that tourism will continue to grow at an average of 3% annually until 2030.

The theme of this year's Day is "Tourism and Jobs — A Better Future For All"

Tourism's role in job creation is often undervalued. This is despite the fact that tourism generates 10% of world jobs and is included in Sustainable Development Goal 8 for its potential to create decent work.

CUBA TO SHOW TOURIST ATTRACTIONS AT TOP RESA PROFESSIONALS EVENT

Paris, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) A large delegation from Cuba will present the island's attractions in the 41st edition of the IFTM Top Resa tourism professionals' show, scheduled for early October in this capital.

Around 30 people make up the Cuban group of managers and specialists of the sector, headed by Director of Communication of the Ministry of Tourism, Dulce María Sánchez, who will be at the event that will host the Porte de Versailles fairgrounds from October 1 to 4.

The main space in France for tourism development represents an opportunity for Cuba to disseminate its offers and approach local travel agencies, tour operators and airlines.

It also serves as a scenario to share their experiences and actions in terms of diversification and improvement of service quality, in addition to the steps aimed at expanding their infrastructure.

Tourism is a strategic sector for Cuba, often called the locomotive of its economy, target of the strengthening of the blockade imposed by the United States for 60 years.

In a recent session of the People's Power National Assembly

(parliament), the minister of the sector, Manuel Marrero, addressed in Havana the impact of Washington's hostility on passenger access to the Caribbean island, a destination forbidden for citizens and American cruises, in the latter case by decision of the administration of President Donald Trump.

Similarly, Marrero reiterated the complaint about the sustained use of campaigns aimed at discrediting her.

According to the most recent report of the Cuban government on the effects of the blockade, from April 2018 to March 2019, the siege caused tourism damages for about 1 billion,383 million dollars, in areas related to travel, services, operations and logistics assurances.

The IFTM Top Resa show arouses great interest in professionals of the so-called smokeless industry, which explains why the 2018 edition attracted more than 34 thousand of them, about 1,700 brands, 160 destinations and hundreds of specialized journalists, figures that this year could be left behind. (RHC/PL)

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