MIAMI, United States. – This week, Nordwind Airlines restarted its flights between Russia and the Varadero resort in Matanzas province, joining AZUR Air and Royal Flight. Together, they are expected to bring more than 3,000 tourists per week to Cuba.
According to a press note from the Cuban News Agency, with Cubanacan at the receiving end and the Russian tour operator Pegas Touristik, “the Boeing 777, a handsome aircraft, landed on the runway of Juan Gualberto Gomez International Airport with 500 visitors aboard, most of them young people and many children, which goes to show how much Cuba is trusted as a safe tourist destination,” explains the note.
UN Project favors Matanzas province in Cuba
UN Project favors Matanzas province in Cuba
19 de diciembre de 2020, 0:30
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Matanzas, Cuba, Dec 18 (Prensa Latina) The UN Ecovalor project is currently favoring sectors such as tourism, hydrocarbons and fishing in the western Cuban province of Matanzas, Nelvis Gomez, the coordinator here of the international program, said. Ecovalor brings together six strategic sectors in the management of ecosystems and sustainable management plans in the territory, bolsters multiple environmental benefits based on the economic valuation of goods and services as tools for decision making at different levels, she noted.
The joint initiative belongs to the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) and the Global Environment Facility (GEF), explained Gomez, a specialist from the Matanzas branch of the Ministry of Science, Technology and Environment (CITMA).