CubaPLUS Magazine

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on Wednesday acknowledged the process of preparing and eating “casabe”, a pre-Colombian bread, as Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.

As every December 3, Cuba celebrates today the Day of Latin American Medicine, instituted in honor of the eminent Cuban specialist Carlos J. Finlay, born on this day in 1833 in the city of Camagüey, discoverer of the transmitting agent of yellow fever.

We see this season that has begun (winter 2024-2025) with great hope, because it is the year that we have to demonstrate, at the country level, that we are capable of reversing the situation that exists in terms of tourism, and it is the year in which we must consolidate all the hotel products, said Rafael Villanueva, Commercial Director of Blue Diamond Resorts Cuba.

The Cuban professor and researcher José Luís Perelló examined this Monday the benefits of a new multi-destination agreement promoted by the Ministers of Tourism of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA). He points out on his Facebook account that this agreement came from Venezuela, with the creation of a free transit area, in order to offer multi-destination products.

As of December 1, Cuba has a new and attractive offer for vacationers who arrive at this destination: Resonance, which offers the possibility of enjoying parties, music and fun, and at the same time, tranquility and uniting the mind with the spirit.

The XXVI edition of the International Handicraft Fair (FIART) 2024 will begin next Friday, December 6, with the participation of 230 national and 30 foreign exhibitors, organizers reported this Friday.

The International Caribbean Film and Environment Festival, Isla Verde, is calling for its third edition, to be held on the Isle of Youth from April 6 to 12, 2025. Until December 26, interested parties may submit their works, with narratives that promote the conservation and protection of the environment and document the active relationship between human beings and nature.

The Habanos Festival will return once again to the premises of the Convention Center of the Cuban capital, this time with its 25th edition, which fills with satisfaction the lovers of good smoking who eagerly await this meeting every year.

The Cuban professor and researcher, José Luís Perelló, brought in his analysis the next summit of tourism of the Americas scheduled for December 2 and 3 in Florida, United States. He pointed out on his Facebook page that the Summit of Tourism of the Americas is a moment for reflection on the travel industry, with repercussions in the rest of the planet’s regions. The meeting is being held at Florida International University in Miami.

The Havana Club Rum Museum won the World's Leading Rum Distillery award at the 2024 World Travel Awards, for the third consecutive year, which is a recognition of Cuba's vast cultural wealth and the importance of continuing to promote the country's rich legacy of traditions. According to information released Tuesday by Havana Club International S.A., the brand continues to reap successes and legitimize its seal of excellence at an international level and also achieved recognition for its rums in the Women's in Wine & Spirits Awards competition.

New statistics on the entry of tourists to Cuba today enhance the encouragement of the Cuban authorities, regarding the recovery of the travel industry, despite current problems.

The Cuban professor and researcher, José Luís Perelló, reflected this Monday in his periodic analyses of the trends of the travel industry facing 2025 as changing and in the midst of transformations. He explained that global tourism is at a turning point.

The tourism industry in Cuba is the second most important sector in the country's economy, hence the efforts that are made every day to achieve greater development and efficiency in this area.

The China International Tourism Fair (CITM) concluded this Sunday in Shanghai with the participation of more than a thousand international exhibitors from some 80 countries and regions, including Cuba

The XV Havana Biennial continues to show its visitors the contemporary art of Cuban creators, a contest that will join hands with the film festival held annually in the capital of the island.

Under the slogan “A whole country in books” the 33rd edition of the Havana International Book Fair will be held from February 13 to 23, with South Africa as the guest country, which is considered of great importance since it is the third nation on the African continent to receive this distinction, said the president of the Cuban Book Institute (ICL), Juan Rodríguez.

This November 20th, Cuba celebrates Tourism Day, a date instituted in 2019 by presidential decree to pay tribute to all those people and institutions that accompany or intervene in the development of this important economic sector of the island.

The VII International Convention on Tourism Studies (CietCuba 2024) is taking place today at the University of Havana, as a reflection of academic efforts to support the recovery of the travel industry in Cuba. Organized by the university from November 18 to 20, it represents an important moment of reflection and analysis on the part of attendees, as reflected by the organizers. Inaugurated this Monday in the Aula Magna of the University of Havana (UH), it inspires new generations and their link with one of the most relevant sectors of the Cuban economy.

The largest number of vacationers that has arrived in Cuba on a flight through the Russian company Rosneft took place this Monday, when the airline “Nordwind Airlines” N- 46101 arrived at the Juan Gualberto Gómez international airport in Matanzas with 407 passengers, which confirms the level of market satisfaction with the offer, the quality of the service and Cuba as a destination for vacationing in the Caribbean.

Under the title “The inclusion of knowledge. A look beyond art”, the theoretical event of the 15th Havana Biennial began this Monday with the participation of numerous art professionals from various nations. The director of the National Museum of Fine Arts, the venue for this meeting, Jorge Antonio Fernández, was in charge of the presentation of today's session that developed its work under the title of “The Decolonial turn: a new challenge for art and social sciences”, while the debates were led by Jaime Gómez Triana, Cuban theater critic and researcher.