Havana._ Cuba climbed up to the fifth spot in the year 2001 among the main destinations in the Americas as far as the organization of international events is concerned, only second-bested by the U.S., Canada, Brazil and Mexico, the International Congress and Conference Association confirmed this week.Cuba shot to the fifth notch after holding 20 events of international associations in the course of last year. On the other hand, the same statistics revealed by the organization put the figure of attendants to those events in as many as 8,200 foreign delegates.
San Jose._ Hundreds of representatives from all around the world will gather in Costa Rica this month during the Travel Mart Latin America, one of the continent’s major business events for the tourist sector.The nation’s minister of tourism Ruben Pacheco announced the event will stretch out from September 26 to 27 in San Jose as part of the celebrations for the International Tourism Day, this time around hosted by Costa Rica.
Havana._ Caught between the Caribbean deep blue sea and the Sierra Maestra mountain range in eastern Cuba, construction of a brand-new conference center will soon get underway to host the upcoming 3rd International Meeting on Nature Tourism (TURNAT-2003) scheduled to take place in October in Granma’s Marea del Portillo.
CTO makes preparations for a conference on tourism in the Caribbean scheduled to take place next October in the Bahamas
New York._ The Caribbean Tourism Organization (CTO) headquarters in Barbados and the Ministry of Tourism of the Bahamas are jointly planning the 25th Annual Conference on the leisure industry in the Caribbean Basin (CTC-25) scheduled to take place from October 28 to 31 on the Bahamian islands of Lucaya and Grand Bahamas, and a projected attendance of 1,000 delegates.
Ciego de Avila, Cuba._ The coming of the August summer breeze will blow in the 3rd Exhibit Hall of Exclusive Suppliers to the Cuban tourist destination of Jardines del Rey, an extensive chain of keys stretching along the island nation’s northern shore. The hall is a technical meeting held yearly since 2000 and attended by suppliers, investors, project planners and builders summoned by Ciego de Avila’s Consulting, Engineering and Design Enterprise.
Santiago de Cuba._ Expocaribe Fair’s next edition to be held from June 8 through 13, 2003, will be devoted to Guyana, said Antonio Luis Carricarte, chairman of Cuba’s Chamber of Commerce during the closing ceremony of the 11th tradeshow that recently came to a close in Santiago de Cuba. This year’s fair was attended by 650 firms from 35 countries, 16 of them from the Caribbean Basin.Guyana had a major representation during the tradeshow with an official delegation headed by Manniran Prashad, an advisor to the nation’s President.