CubaPLUS Magazine

The Federation of Spanish Journalists and Writers (Fepet) chose Cuba as the venue for its 15th Congress, which will run until next Saturday, November 16th, with a broad program of activities and tours to various places of interest in the country.

Havana, Viñales, the Villa de Trinidad, Cienfuegos and the famous beach of Varadero are included in the program of the event, during which there will also be numerous conferences, talks and exchanges. The day before,  visitors were welcomed at the Iberostar Grand Packard hotel in the capital, an occasion which also served for the outgoing president of Fepet, Mariano Palacín, to present Havanatur, Transtur, Marinas Marlin, Palmares, Iberostar, Meliá, and Gran Caribe -entities of the tourism sector-, as well as the International Press Center, with recognition for their valuable collaboration in the realization of this event.

In this regard, this is the second time that the largest of the Antilles has been chosen by Spanish professionals for their congresses. Around 35 years ago, Cuba hosted the Congress of the Association of Catalan Tourism Journalists, when Palacín was its president. Speaking at the ceremony, Juan Carlos García Granda, Minister of Tourism of Cuba (Mintur), welcomed the visitors and highlighted the opportunity that the meeting allows them to know the beauties that Cuba offers to vacationers.

He highlighted Cuba's interest in continuing to promote tourism in the Spanish market, which in recent years has experienced a decline, in part as a result of the extraterritorial measures adopted by the United States that harm the free decision of citizens to travel to the Island.

The welcome ceremony was also attended by Karmen Garrido, incoming president of Fepet, executives of Mintur, presidents of the main hotel groups in the country, the Cubasol Business Group, Viajes Cuba and the International Press Center.

The XV Fepet Congress has Havanatur S.A. as its official receptive agency along with the Viajes Guamá Agency