Showing posts with label World Caribbean Cuba. Show all posts
Showing posts with label World Caribbean Cuba. Show all posts

Thursday, December 10, 2015

Hopefully the first of several stories about the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce trip to Cuba in November


Hopefully the first of several stories about the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce trip to Cuba in November - by Kevin E. Dayhoff


Outside of the town of Viñales, a Cuban tobacco processor pauses at the end of the day at a small government-run tobacco processing and sorting facility called a “despalillo de Tabaco.’ The employees – mostly women, sorted and graded tobacco by quality and color for use in the Francisco Donatien factory in Pinar del Rio. Photo by Kevin E. Dayhoff Nov. 6, 2015




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Friday, November 13, 2015

Havanatur Tour and Travel





El balneario de Varadero, el principal polo turístico de sol y playa de Cuba, aspira a superar este año el récord de 1,5 millones de visitantes extranjeros después de haber pasado el umbral del millón de turistas internacionales al cierre de septiembre, según datos oficiales.

Desde 2008, Varadero recibe de forma más o menos constante alrededor de un millón de visitantes extranjeros en el conjunto del año, la marca podría ser superada este año tres meses antes de lo previsto.

En plena temporada alta, que en Varadero coincide con los meses de julio y agosto, los hoteles estaban al 82% de su capacidad, por lo que “en el corto plazo, el polo está listo para recibir aún más visitantes”. La llegada generalizada de turistas de Estados Unidos debería provocar la desaparición de las temporadas turísticas en Varadero

En medio del boom turístico que vive Cuba, que en 2014 superó por primera vez los 3 millones de visitantes extranjeros, Varadero se está preparando para mejorar la calidad de sus instalaciones hoteleras e incrementar la cuota de aproximadamente un tercio de los turistas que aterrizan en la isla.

Para 2016, existen planes de ampliar la plaza hotelera del polo turístico en 3.000 habitaciones, que se distribuirán en cuatro nuevos hoteles de 4 y 5 estrellas ya proyectados, uno de ellos ya en construcción, indicó Fernández.

En la actualidad, Varadero cuenta con más de 20.224 habitaciones hoteleras, de las que unas 17.500 corresponden a hoteles de cuatro y cinco estrellas, en línea con el objetivo de “elevar el confort de la planta habitacional de Varadero”.

Para atraer un perfil de turista más variado, Varadero también planea diversificar su oferta turística más allá del sol y playa y aprovechar su cercanía a La Habana, a unos 150 kilómetros; a las ciudades del centro de la isla de Trinidad y Cienfuegos, o al parque natural y reserva de la biosfera de la Ciénaga de Zapata.

“La Ciénaga de Zapata es el refugio más importante de aves migratorias del Caribe, con más de 650 especies, además de contar con una plataforma submarina adyacente con corales de todas las variedades”.

Varadero también se está preparando para el turismo náutico con la construcción de una marina que cuenta con 1.200 amarres y la previsión de construir otra en la que habrá 200 amarres.

El turismo es la segunda fuente de ingresos de la isla, con 2.700 millones de dólares facturados en 2014, a los que Varadero contribuyó aproximadamente en un 38%.

Escrito por EFE, Publicado por El Nacional. Venezuela

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Thursday, January 8, 2015

Carroll County Arts Center: Puros: Vistas of Cuba receptionThursday, January 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm


Carroll County Arts Center: Puros: Vistas of Cuba


Carroll County Arts Center: Puros: Vistas of Cuba receptionThursday, January 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm


On View December 11 - February 28, 2015

Additional Details: The public is invited to a celebratory reception for both exhibits on Thursday, January 8 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm.  There will be complimentary hors d’oeuvres and a cash bar.


In the Director’s Hall Gallery, “Puros: Vistas of Cuba” will feature works of art created by five local photographers that depict people, places and perspectives that are purely Cuban. The photos were taken during their May 2014 Cuban adventure sponsored by the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce.

The term "puros" refers to an authentic Cuban cigar, which has been contraband in the US since the trade embargo initiated in the early 1960s. That same embargo also strictly limits travel between the two countries.

The artists exhibiting are Stella Fouts (Millers, MD), Sharon Hafner Yingling (Westminster, MD), Don Hobart (Westminster, MD), Becki Maurio (Westminster, MD), and Mike McMullin (Westminster, MD).

Location: The Carroll Arts Center, 91 West Main Street, Westminster, MD, 21157 View Google Map
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Monday, December 22, 2014

Close but no cigars after vacation trip to Cuba By Katie V. Jones


Close but no cigars after vacation trip to Cuba

By Katie V. Jones, katievjones@aim.com June 23, 2014


It was an adventure of a lifetime.

On June 1, about 40 members of the Carroll County Chamber of Commerce returned from an eight-night, nine-day trip to Cuba. The cultural exchange trip offered a look into a country many Americans do not get a chance to see – but should, according to those who went.

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They flew in from Miami and landed in Camaguey, Cuba's third-largest city. Known for its clay pots, the city dates back to the 1500s. Also on the itinerary were trips to the colonial city of Trinidad with a stop at a village of approximately 70 sugar mills, and visits to Cienfuegos, the Bay of Pigs and Havana.

Only recently have Americans been allowed to visit Cuba, and those visits are only through people to people and authorized venues. An ongoing embargo with the U.S. prevents trade with Cuba. No one on the trip was allowed to bring home anything, according to Yingling, especially Cuban cigars, coffee or rum.


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Kevin Dayhoff is an artist - and a columnist for:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/kevindayhoffTwitpic: http://twitpic.com/photos/kevindayhoff
Kevin Dayhoff's The New Bedford Herald: http://kbetrue.livejournal.com/ = www.newbedfordherald.net

Tumblr: Kevin Dayhoff Banana Stems www.kevindayhoff.tumblr.com/
Smurfs: http://babylonfluckjudd.blogspot.com/
Google profile: https://profiles.google.com/kevindayhoff/

E-mail: kevindayhoff(at)gmail.com
My http://www.explorecarroll.com/ columns appear in the copy of the Baltimore Sunday Sun that is distributed in Carroll County: https://subscribe.baltsun.com/Circulation/
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