Jo-Anne Croes will join the managing group of the Tourism Department’s official website Ryon Koolman will be part of the Group of Coordinators at the Public Relations (PR) Department.

Chinese travelers can now pick Cuba as a tourist destination according to an official statement made in Havana during a presentation at the National Hotel attended by Cuba’s Tourism Minister Ibrahim Ferradaz and China’s ambassador to Cuba Wang Qi Quan.

During the cocktail party, Cuban tourism vice minister Marta Maiz praised this action as just another example of cooperation, mutual understanding and strengthening of longstanding political and economic relations between both nations.

The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) is advertising Nicaragua as an attractive and affordable tourist destination. The effort is part of a regional promotional program entitled One Nicaraguan Week that recently came to a successful close in El Salvador and Costa Rica.

The project encourages local journalists to write about Nicaragua and fosters visits to sightseeing spots, either by bus or by car, in travel packages that turn out much cheaper than plane tickets.

Victor Nieto, chairman of the Cartagena International Film Festival, the Colombian government and local corporate people to hammer out tourist policies aimed at backing up culture overall.

Speaking to a crowd of 800 hotel entrepreneurs from Latin America and Europe who gathered at the Caribbean-bathed beach of Cartagena, Mr. Nieto underlined that local filmmaking has managed to get a firm grip on the country and overseas.

American magazine Modern Bride has just labeled Costa Rica the number-one destination for honeymooners in the category of Best Adventure, according to an annual poll taken among travel agencies from that Central American country, the Costa Rican Tourism Institute informed.

The selection was based on actual honeymoon sales made worldwide by the different destinations. The magazine describes Costa Rica as the country any couple that loves nature can dream of, chiefly based on its humid tropical forest and impeccable coastlines.

Prodded by Cuba’s high-octane tourist industry, Dominican airline Aeromar has begun flying to the neighboring island nation as part of an expansion strategy in the region, airline execs informed.

There’ll be a couple of weekly flights in the summer (on Monday and Friday), and a third flight will be added in the wintertime season.

Sources close to the air carrier informed Aeromar is designed for all kinds of passengers, from businessmen and CEOs to plain students, sportsmen and event goers.