• Submitted by: lena campos
• Travel and Tourism
• 05 / 19 / 2012

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Carlos Vogeler, General Director for the Americas of the World Tourism Organization (WTO), said Cuba now is in the third position as the Caribbean country that receives more tourists per year, trailing the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico.

During his visit to the King’s Gardens in a tour after the end of the 32
International Tourism Fair FITCUBA 2012, the official said Cuba is
improving its tourist industry and that shows in the increasing number of
arrivals each year.
 
 At the same pace Cuban tourism has improved so have the fairs, then the
idea to take it this year to such an attractive place as Cayo Santa Maria,
said Vogeler.

He added that this visit to King’s Gardens allowed many foreigners to get
to know the natural beauties that you can find in the Coco and Guillermo
Keys, because it is a very valuable product barely known outside Cuba, he
said.

Tour operators, travel agents, and hotel chains and airliners
representatives toured the different facilities ijn the keys off the
northern central Cuban coast. There they could see the beauty of the Playa
Pilar resort, one of the most beautiful places in Cuba, where the sand
dunes are among the best preserved in the region.