HAVANA, Nov 19 (NNN-ACN) — The Marella Discovery2 ship arrived Friday for the first time in Havana this year, and starts the winter tourism season in Cuba, Carlos Alberto Rivera Garcia, director of the western branch of Cubatur, the tour operator, told exclusively to the Cuban News Agency.
With 1,600 travelers on board, the ship belonging to the British company TUI OK, will berthed for 27 hours and then continue its journey through the Caribbean and after 15 days will return to Cuban ports.
The cruise company TUI OK already brought this year in March, the ship Marella Explorer2 and with this one that arrived today it will keep operating during all the so-called high season of the tourist sector.
Marella Discovery2 is the leading ship in the cruise class and can carry up to 2,074 passengers.
Meanwhile, Heidrun Tempel, ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany to Cuba, described the Caribbean island as a dream tourism destination because although the affirmation is romantic, many of her compatriots travel here to enjoy the charms of the island, and know its people, its culture.
In remarks during the 38th Havana International Fair, she said that many entrepreneurs from her country are interested in doing business with the island, where some 60 German entities are represented in business or investments.
Since tourism is one of the sectors in which Germany’s presence is strongly felt, the ambassador pointed out that six weekly flights, regularly very full, link both countries, and that is a good sign.
Tempel highlighted the meritorious role of the German Trade and Investment Promotion Office, created five years ago in Havana, where despite the impact of COVID-19, it managed to maintain communication and links between businessmen of both nations, and in all this the support of the Cuban Chamber of Commerce has also been important.
We are very happy today because in this International Fair we have a significant presence of German companies, because not only in tourism but in other different branches we are interested towards the Cuba, the German ambassador concluded. — NNN-ACN
