Cuba. Today’s cruise industry is a possibility for Cuba to renovate this segment and its facilities, in the midst of efforts to revive tourism and allow a faster understanding of this country.
This standard is confirmed by both guides and authorities of the Ministry of Tourism (Mentor) of this country.
This is supported by the payment of all times in this way of travel, which this nation does not escape, so it is necessary to consider the background in this regard.
On this rope, Cuba enjoys a privileged position, however, the economic and trade measures of the United States against it (the blockade) since the sixties of the last century weigh on it and on the map of the cruise routes many ships can be seen hanging around it. , but without being able to touch it.
This conflicted with free travel and Cuban efforts to restore cruise terminals throughout the archipelago.
Despite the fact that roads in the Caribbean are growing every year, and Cuba is not for fun being baptized as the “Key to the Gulf” (Gulf of Mexico), the above obstacles remain.
The country’s cruise industry received the latest boost from the 1990s, as in 1994 tourism began to emerge as an industry in this country, hence the redesign of its main port for this way in Havana, and the entry of many companies.
Some of these ships that arrived later had to interrupt their operations due to the extraterritorial pressures of the laws imposed by the United States, as in the case of the Italian ships.
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These actions affected the world’s major cruise lines such as Carnival, Royal Caribbean, Star Cruises, Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), MSC and Costa, which includes the US capital.
However, recent examples confirm the resumption of these trips to the island, as the number of passengers on board the British ship Marella Discovery 2 arrived in Havana in 2022, thus starting the winter season for this type of travel to the island.
Carlos Alberto Rivera, Director of the Western Branch of Cubatur (Travel Reception), stated that the ship, belonging to the British company Tui ok, stays 27 hours in dock, and returns every 15 days to touch the Cuban port.
In March, the Marella Explorer 2 ship docks in Havana, which continues to work with the newcomer during the peak tourist season on the island (November-April).
Experts remember this interest in these cruise boats from the long global route of their trips around the planet.
Cruises are trips on passenger ships to any part of the world for pleasure purposes, as a different and distinctive tourist way to see different places, and some places that cannot be exploited by other means of transportation.
Currently, this is considered an emerging avenue, according to figures that may amount to about 16 million cruise passengers, of whom about four million are singles or single couples.
In 1835, the first advertisement for sea voyages appeared in the British Shetland Journal with the aim of visiting Scotland, Iceland and the Faroe Islands, and at that time no one expected the rapid development of this method.
Countries that later joined this trend were the United States, Germany, the United Kingdom and France, which competed for the market. Among the notable ships was the Queen Mary, built in 1948, now moored as a floating hotel in Long Beach, United States.
By 1960, there were 100 registered passenger companies. This concept has not changed much and is intended for a sector with great purchasing power, as there are currently 280 shipping companies, sea and river, offering 30,000 cruises to 2,000 destinations.
Therefore, Cuba can aspire to increase its attractiveness to said tour operators due to its geographical location, natural benefits, and friendliness of its citizens.
Source: P.L
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