Cuba promotes private offers in tourism
Cuba promotes private offers in tourism
2013-09-08 05:21:01
HAVANA, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- The Cuban government said Saturday it would promote private offers in tourism during next season, including accommodations, tours and restaurants.
Commercial Director of the Tourism Ministry, Jose Manuel Bisbe, said the government was in the process of recruiting a large group of independent business as accommodation and private restaurants with excellent service.
The state-owned travel agencies will promote these offers in their packages and programs during the peak tourism season, running from November till the spring, Bisbe was quoted by local daily Juventud Rebelde as saying.
Since taking office in 2008, the government of President Raul Castro is promoting efforts to update its socialist economic model, retreating from running just about everything on the Caribbean island, including accommodation, restaurants and cafes.
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