Cuba seeks to take advantage of the tourist success of the Dominican Republic

Cuba seeks to take advantage of the geographical and cultural proximity and tourist success of the Dominican Republic to carry out collaborative work. The Cuban Minister of Tourism, Juan Carlos García Granda, pointed out that they have discussed with Dominican authorities the possibility of promoting multi-destination Trips, as well as exchanging experiences in the field of personnel training.

“Here in Cuban tourism, managers trained in the Dominican Republic work every day, as pastry chefs, and today many experienced managers who were trained here in the country work in the Dominican Republic,” García said during the sixty-ninth Regional Commission of UN Tourism in the Americas.

For his part, the Minister of Tourism of the Dominican Republic, David Collado, pointed out that García expressed Cuba’s interest in the statistical management of the Tourism Intelligence System (Situr) of the Ministry of Tourism, as well as the tax facilities provided by the country for new Hotel investments.

“He spoke to me about those topics, and it was agreed that we were going to talk about it later as well; It is already an issue that I (also) have to handle with the Foreign Ministry,” Collado commented, as Arecoa points out.

As reported REPORTUR.mx, Miguel Díaz-Canel, president of Cuba in the framework of the 69th Meeting of the Regional Commission for the Americas of UN Tourism, attributed the collapse of Hotel occupancy on the island to the United States blockade, leaving nearly three of the hotels empty. every four Hotel rooms. (Cuba attributes its collapsed Hotel occupancy to the US blockade).