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If you are looking for an excuse to escape the rain that hits the country, this is an opportunity to pack up and forget your worries.

The island of Cuba has everything to hang out for its wide range of destinations. Although considered a destination for beach and sun in the first place, it has important historical and cultural sites, ecological and landscape, cities and health spas that give a variety to make it a destination of interest to a large group of sectors tourism market, with a variety of travelers in search of different interests and different age ranges.

Cuba opens its doors to travelers who wish to know the reality from the other side of the books of history and politics. These are some of the many places we have in Cuba, which has developed around the tourism industry in front of a dynamic economy.

Havana: Almost since its founding in 1519 became the main commercial, economic and communications due to its favorable location right across the Straits of Florida.

It is the capital of the country and is currently the main square for tourism on the island for its centennial history, excellent beaches, a huge cultural wealth which highlights the colonial center of Old Havana and its mix of architectural sites .

To this is added the tourist infrastructure with over 10,000 rooms in hotels and hostels and hundreds of private homes that offer lodging services.

Sure, you can not miss the variety of restaurants to sample the best of Cuban food and of course the world famous mojitos to enjoy the dozens of nightclubs, discos and other entertainment venues as the famed Tropicana cabaret.

The PRI federal deputy from Acapulco, Fermi Alvarado Arroyo, celebrated the fact that President Felipe Calderon has taken the initiative of the Tourism Commission of the Chamber of Deputies, of which he is secretary, who repeatedly raised the need to convene a national agreement to promote tourism, which on Monday was marked at the National Palace with the participation of all stakeholders in this important economic activity.

The latter, under the presidential declaration of 2011 as the Year of Tourism in Mexico, “through a decree, and where the Secretary of Tourism, Gloria Guevara Mango, acknowledged the momentum of federal deputies of the Commission members Tourism, to sign the national agreement.

“We need to apply all to counter the drop in tourism in our destinations such as Acapulco, especially with a medium-term to recover the seventh place in the world was Mexico, but which today is ranked 14 as host country of thousands and millions of tourists, and as a recipient of millions of dollars in foreign exchange from this activity, “said Fermi Alvarado.

He added that the fall does not only happen with the season of spring break, because if there is an analysis of the last 10 years of rule by the PAN, Mexico fell from the seventh-place tourism at 14, “and that is a call attention for governments, employers and for all Mexicans, as after oil the main source of foreign exchange and employment in Mexico is tourism.”

The secretary of the Tourism Commission of the Federal Legislature LXI, said that in future we need restoring tourist activity in the country, strengthen, support and really see tourism as the economic phenomenon it is. “We-stressed-be facilitators of promoting tourism, improving the image and quality we offer at our destinations as Acapulco.”

At the same time, and to the decline in international tourism in Mexico, Fermi Alvarado urged thee federal government to consolidate an emerging fund extraordinary financial resources, allowing rescue the image of the holiday destinations of the country, who have been affected by collateral damage related to the fight against crime.

The first stop promotional Provincial Tourism ‘Costa del Sol’ in Eastern Europe has been in Poland. The president of the institution, Salvador Banner, accompanied by the manager, Ana Gomez, have performed several meetings in Warsaw with tour operators, representatives of the specialized media, authorities and other tourism stakeholders with the objective of giving priority know our destination.

One of the major professional meetings has been the luncheon organized by the Tourist Board in the capital of Poland, which was attended by 31 industry players, including thirteen were from media journalists specialized in tourism and a dozen tour operators and wholesalers, among which Rainbow Tours, Summer else and Heckerman, in addition to the presence of Spain’s ambassador to Poland, Francisco Fernandez Fabre gas and director of the Spanish Tourist Office, Roué Gonzalez.

Before the luncheon, representatives of the Board have met with the country’s largest tour operators, who have shown their satisfaction and interest in our destination. Most of them made it clear that in its programming to the Costa del Sol have expanded the number of locations, including other provincial cities such as Marbella and Stepson, in addition to the traditional and Torremolinos and Benalmadena. On the other hand, expressed interest in extending the summer season in the spring, this initiative coincided with the interests of the hospitality industry in the province of Malaga.

For its part, the Board proposed to the representatives of wholesalers has been aimed at promoting the implementation of a direct charter flight to Malaga during the winter season.

In addition, discussions have been held for conference sales on the Costa del Sol, which participate in about 300 travel agents, who would develop different sessions, in addition to directly, know our destination. This meeting is scheduled to be held in December to raise awareness of our moderate temperature in this period and the diversity of our winter supply.

For his part, Salvador Banner, in his speech made a tour of the main attractions of the Costa del Sol, stressing “the modernity of their infrastructure, with the new terminal at Manchester Airport, with direct flights to Poland, in addition to the AVE and improvements of its roads.”

In this regard, he noted the importance of the “bundle money for the infrastructure of the Costa del Sol, destination safety and hospitality and friendliness of the people.”

Provincial President of the Board praised the Costa del Sol as a top holiday destination, making it an important factor to attract tourists. “A Costal de Sol in which, according to Salvador Banner, you can take the sun for nine months a year and play golf almost every day, along with cruise tourism, conventions, health and beauty, etc.. ” Salvador Banner At this point referred to the temperature difference between the two countries, noting that “while we are today in Warsaw to 15 degrees below zero in Malaga at the same time can enjoy 20 degrees.”

During his visit to Chicly, Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, Eduardo Ferreira’s, announced that “Mocha Route” will become the second tourist destination in Peru, as the government has driven this project also includes the La Liberated region .

This route frames a full path to the archeological sites, museums and beaches, which will make pleasant the stay of tourists, whose investment amounts to billion soles.

It also provides for the improvement of complex, piers and other tourist routes begin bear fruit in three years, which should improve the security system in both regions.

For this we have invested 7 million soles in the purchase of equipment, units and other equipment to improve the work of police members in the coming months and will install the “Network for Tourist Safety and Security.”

Tourist areas of the municipalities of Bead and Baez again come together at the International Tourism Fair of Madrid – Fitter – as unique and singular fate that made them valid title of World Heritage by Unison 2003. The goal is to continue to promote these two cities in recent years are taking a strategic location as a tourist destination of average cities of inland Andalusia.

Fitter Congress starts Wednesday with the participation for the fourth consecutive year, the City of Bead, and the second for the city of Baez. This is an event aimed at tourism industry conferences, meetings and incentives, in which both councils have previously agreed agenda of twenty-one appointments with agents and tour operators in the sector, both nationally and internationally.

They are promoting their unique areas as ideal places for companies and groups can hold meetings and incentive travel. To this end, both councils will include material to promote these areas as well as the guide of Tourist Resources in both cities.

As stated by the Councilor for Tourism in the city of Baez, Beatriz Martin, a destination for congresses to establish itself as one of the main stakes in the Sustainable Tourism Initiative Bead and Baez, Open Museum of the Renaissance, which last December agreement was signed between the Government of Andalusia and the Tourist Development Association of Bead and Baez, which brings public and private entities in both cities, for the implementation of a total of 47 projects with an investment of 10.5 million euros.

For his part, Councilor for Tourism of Bead, Mercedes Rubio, has emphasized “the opportunity to leverage our unique and charming spaces, and who now seek the organizers of the meetings industry who want to stay away from large centers conferences and standardized.”

For Rubio, “the rich historic, architectural, food, crafts and culture of Bead and Baez are presented as added values that are highly valued by this new trend for the development of medium and small conferences.”

On the other hand, from 19 to 23 January will take place Fitter2011, to be held, like every year at the fairground Juan Carlos I in Madrid. The municipalities of Bead and Baez will be present as co-exhibitors at the Provincial Council with a counter itself under the slogan Bead and Baez, a World Heritage Site in the central aisle of Hall 3, which will once again space to encompass all the tourist attractions in Spain.

Among all Asian countries, China is the one figure to the head and ensure that within ten years will be, not only the leading source of tourists, but also the first world tourist destination.

The secretary general of UNWTO, Tale Raffia, who also said that later this year, has expressed this forecast, the Asian giant could surpass Spain by removing the third place as a tourist destination worldwide.

According to forecasts by the World Tourism Organization, France and the United States maintained its first and second place, according to the official classification of the major tourist destinations in the world to be published in January.

‘China has decided a few years ago that tourism had to be a pillar of its economy and it worked, “said Rife in a meeting with the press. In 2000, China received 8 million foreign tourists, six times less than in 2009.

In 2009 and for the first time, Chinese tourists spent abroad far more than the French tourists did a fact that places China in fourth place, behind Germany, USA and UK in this field.

The numbers indicate the growth of China since last year France received 74.2 million international tourists, followed by the U.S., with 54.9 million, Spain with 52.2 million, and China, with 50.9 million.

The Municipal Corporation Algeria Tourism (EMAT), a tool for promoting the Department of Tourism of the City of Algeria, is taking stock of the Fairs and Conferences for Professionals who have attended in 2010 and have helped maintain contacts with about 400 agencies Travel and tourism companies and bring the destination Algeria city about 7,000 people.

During 2009, the year that began the journey of the company, were selecting those events where you could get more out in the field of promotion, with reference to the proximity tourism, major national markets and profiles tourist and professional to be addressed.

Once defined the objectives, we prepared a full dossier to the tourism in the capital, with the collaboration of companies and entities of the sector. With respect to actions to be carried out, three have been key tools: the fairs, trade missions and Plan of Action in travel agencies.

Regarding the action plan in the agencies, was continued last year’s working visit in the form of ‘door to door’, agencies and neighboring provinces near Algeria. In this case, were 91 agencies in nine provinces visited, Seville, Cordoba, Jane, Granada, Ciudad Real, Albacore, Toledo, Cadence and Murcia. This must be reinforced with radio campaigns in all these cities to encourage tourism proximity.

Overall, contacts were maintained with more than 400 agencies and tourism companies and have served nearly 7,000 people in the installed information booths at various fairs in which the EMAT has been present.

The overall picture is very positive, responding to the expectations generated at the beginning of the year. Councilor for Tourism, Maria Vazquez considered “fundamental interest shown by these sectors of our city, as evidenced in recent weeks have requested information on routes of cinema, guided tours reservations and refuges, cultural programs and accommodation information restoration in the municipality. “

All of these actions, together with those carried out from the company, such as online strategy, Algeria Card, promotional campaigns and advertisements, among many others, are aimed at positioning as a destination for quality Algeria, break seasonality and the enhancement of the resources are there in the city.

One of the summer holiday destinations in Scotland is an island called Tara say. It is the largest island in Scotland that has lost its permanent population, was abandoned in 1974 and now people just go on vacation. The island is 6.4 km long and at its widest point measured 4.8 km, with an area of 14km2. It is a beautiful island that has two hills is connected to hear a white sandy isthmus, in the south. The Atlantic Ocean is west and has some dunes. The highest point is Ben Rah Tara say, a hill of 267 meters.

The island hosts a variety of wildlife, including mice, deer, American mink and birds. However, in reality it is known more for its flora and fauna that abound here because I really wild flowers and that makes your landscape in spring is of the most beautiful. Ever had here three villages but since the nineteenth century the population has been declining, was abandoned and eventually re lived the last family to live here left the island in 1974. No one else stepped up to the year 2000 when it was the TV show Castaway (in which participants had to stay a year here), and thereafter became a tourist destination even have cabins for rent.

The ruins of the villages are one of the most visited places, old chapels there, trails, roads and more to see.