Cuba Seeks to Attract Algerian Tourists

In search of new source markets for visitors to Cuba, the ministry of tourism has agreed with Algeria an action program to promote commercial operations and recreational travel from the North African nation in 2015.

The agreement, signed on Thursday in Havana, represented one of the main outcomes of the Intergovernmental Commission IXX Algerian-Cuban cooperation, which also brought together representatives of both countries in the areas of health, fisheries, telecommunications, culture and sport.

Maria del Carmen Orellana, commercial director at the tourism ministry, said that the project is aimed, in essence, at increased promotion of destination Cuba in Algeria and therefore closer ties with tour operators and travel agents that market.

In addition, the program for 2015 will allow for greater exchange of information about new opportunities Cuba offers for foreign investment in the tourism sector, among these, the hotel development and residential complexes associated with golf courses.

Orellana said that the agreement will strengthen the historical relations between the island and the North African nation, while fostering an increase in the arrival of Algerian tourists.

In an effort to accelerate the development of tourism, one of its primary sources of income, Cuba plans to attract new source markets, through promotional campaigns and diversification of its tourism product.

Up to November of this year, nearly 2,670,000 tourists arrived in Cuba, a growth of 4.8 percent over the same period of 2013, according to data provided to the Cuban Parliament on Wednesday.

Source: AIN