HAVANA, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) — The 13th edition of Cuba’s major international nature tourism event, Turnat 2022, opened Tuesday after a two-year hiatus caused by COVID.
Cuban Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said at the opening ceremony in Havana, the capital city, that the Cuban government will continue to support tourism development, although the U.S. embargo on the island adversely affects the local tourism industry.
“We have the challenge to make Cuba into a more competitive tourist destination,” he said.
“Aside from sun and beach tourism, we are urged to promote cultural and heritage tourism as well as historical, health and nature tourism,” Marrero added.
Another attendee, Cuban Minister of Tourism Juan Carlos Garcia, said…