Two million Cuban cigars are sold annually in Central America, while the Cohiba brand leads the region, said the General Manager of the Cruz Canela and Trust GB S.A Company Luis Garcia.

José Ramón Cabañas, Cuban ambassador to the United States, confirmed the interest of business representatives and other sectors of the state of Kentucky in increasing links with the Caribbean island, Prensa Latina news agency reported.

Cubagolf S.A. and German company CON-IMPEX Touristik signed a letter of intent to create a joint venture for the construction of a unique real estate complex in Punta Gorda, Camagüey province, which will include an international marina.

The construction in the coming months of the Iberostar Holguín Hotel at Pesquero resort will be one of the most attractive tourist proposals for the current year of Gaviota Group.

Jose Manuel Bisbe, president of Viajes Cuba, announced in the context of the International Tourism Fair ¨FitCuba 2017¨ that new means of transportation will begin to provide services promoted by this business group.

The 37th edition of the International Tourism Fair "FitCuba 2017" foresees today a tour of Cayo Saetía, a tourist destination considered as the largest hunting ground in the country with a wide variety of species.

The 11th International Meeting on Accounting, Audit and Finances is scheduled from May 22nd to the 24th at Havana's Convention Center where participants will exchange on the current Cuban economic model.

Representatives of the Tourism Ministry in the province of Holguin presented on Thursday its main projections during the International Tourism Fair, FitCuba 2017, before the presence of tour operators and travel agencies all over the world.

Alejandro Varela, deputy director of UNWTO Regional Programme for the Americas, praised Cuba's work today in meeting the global objectives for the sustainable development of tourism industry.

With the unveiling of the plaque "For a tourism of peace and security" in homage to the historic speech given by the leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, the International Fair of Tourism FitCuba 2017 was inaugurated at Playa Pesquero Hotel in Holguìn.

Cuba reached today two million visitors; 39 days earlier than the same date last year, and a 15 percent growth, said Manuel Marrero, Tourism Minister, at the inauguration of the 37th International Tourism Fair, FitCuba 2017.

Cubanacan and Iberostar groups, from Cuba and Spain respectively, signed an agreement today in which the Iberian company will manage the hotels of the Holguin city of Gibara, declared new tourist destination of the Caribbean country.

After a brief evaluation of the behavior of the Economy Plan during the first quarter of this year, Ricardo Cabrisas, Cuba´s Minister of Economy and Planning, presented the proposal of guidelines for the elaboration of the Plan of the Economy and the Budget of the State for 2018, in which it was considered to consolidate and guarantee the continuity and sustainability of what was approved in the 2017 Plan.

The issue of economic damages caused to the country by irregularities in foreign trade operations returned to the agenda of the meeting of the Council of Ministers, this time with problems reported or identified during 2016.