Cuba Present at Tourism Fair in France

The event, inaugurated on Thursday at the exhibition park of Porte de Versalles, in the French capital, will run until Sunday -an opportunity to promote the most genuine values of the Caribbean island.

The Cuban 45 square-meter stand has been given some atmosphere by way of the advertising campaign Genuine Cuba, which will also be presented in five cities of that European nation (Lyon, Marseille, Strasburg, Toulouse and Bordeaux), a communiqué by the Cuban Tourism Ministry pointed out.

MAP 2011 will favor contacts with important partners and collaborators, in order to hold exchanges about the results of the commercialization of the Cuban tourist destination in France, a market that in 2010 was seventh on the list of countries sending the largest amount of tourists to the island, with over 80,000 visitors.

Likewise, there will be meetings with tour operators, specialized press and other
professionals in this sector, as well as cultural activities that will include contests of salsa, games and other attractions.

Participating in these presentations will be the office for Tourism Promotion and
Information for France and Switzerland, the Havanatur Paris tour ,operator, the Gran Caribe hotel group, the Iberostar and Occidental hotel associates, Cubana Airlines and Air France.