Guayaquil, Ecuador’s second-largest city, will soon be home to the 2004 International Tourism Fair scheduled from August 5 through 8 at the MAAC-Central Bank in the north side of the local 2000 Seawall.
As many as eighty countries have so far confirmed their professional participation in the event that will gather numerous airlines from the turf and overseas. Those carriers will equally help move attendants to Guayaquil and from there on to the four regions to be visited by experts: the Amazonian, Costa, Galapagos and Sierra.
The possibilities of bigger trade ties between Brazil and Cuba, and chances of enhancing exchanges in the travel industry were touched upon by officials from both countries during the opening of a new bilateral entrepreneurial meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
The second edition of 2004 Expobuceo will take place in late June and early July in the Cuban province of Matanzas, with most of the activities unfolding in its main scuba diving sites of Varadero and the Zapata Marshlands.
With a view to scour Cuba’s surroundings and share underwater experiences, scores of professional divers, representatives of Cuban nautical companies, members of diving schools from around the world, travel agents and media organizations will huddle there.
Havana will retake Cuba’s International Travel Convention next year, the island nation’s Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero informed in a press conference. The 2005 Convention will focus on the promotion of travel destinations in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, the advertisement of circuits, tours and excursions, and the highlighting of the French market.
The possibilities of bigger trade ties between Brazil and Cuba, and chances of enhancing exchanges in the travel industry were touched upon by officials from both countries during the opening of a new bilateral entrepreneurial meeting in Rio de Janeiro.
The holding of fairs, congresses and expositions in Buenos Aires took a 100 percent leap all through 2003 thanks to the recovery of the nation’s economy, a resourceful cost-cutting policy and better infrastructure. These improvements have laid the foundations for an upbeat 30 percent increase from 2003, local tourism authorities estimated.