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Cuba among the top tourist
destinations
On September 23, Cuba was recognized as a top
international tourist destination at an event in
Brazil to decide the best tourist executives,
companies and destinations in 2014, according to the
Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations website.
 Nélida
Hernández Carmona, Cuban
consul general
in Sao Paulo, received the honor awarded to the
island, highlighting the work done by the Cuban
Ministry of Tourism in developing promotional
tourism strategies directed toward the Brazilian
market, as well as Brazilian airlines and travel
agencies and institutions.
Hernández added that under the coordination of the
Brazilian Association of Tour Operators (Braztoa),
the Cuba Tourism Week gave the opportunity to
promote new destinations in Cuba and developments in
the non-hotel sector.
“This award is was way of honoring Cuba, given its
tourist and commercial achievements, its capacity
for innovation and creativity and for being the
destination which clients are always satisfied
with,” said Roberto Silva, President of Sanchattour,
leading agency in selling Cuba as a destination.
Personalities from the sector, flight and hotel
companies, and travel operators also received
awards.
HAVANA, FINALIST AMONG WONDER CITIES OF THE WORLD
A
report by New7Wonders Cities stated that its
decision panel chose Havana, together with 20 other
world cities, as a finalist in the Wonder Cities of
the World competition. The competition was organized
by the Swiss company New7Wonders, which opened an
online voting system in 2007 to select the New
Wonders of the World.
According to Bernand Weber, President and founder of
the organization, the selected cities are renowned
for their diversity, uniqueness in terms of
geographic location and urban culture. The
competition is currently in its penultimate stage
with 21 official contenders. The final phase will
run from October 7 through December 7, 2014, when
the Seven Wonder Cities of the World will be
revealed.
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