The "Cuban tourists" spent more than17 million dollars in Margarita Island, Venezuela, during the last 12 months.
TheCuban trips to Margarita Island They are fundamentally to buy tax-free products, in the midst of a harsh context of shortages in Cuba.
The statistics of theChamber of Commerce of the Nueva Esparta state, indicate that more than 5 thousand tourists visited Isla Margarita in the last 12 months.
Jose Gregory Rodriguez, president of the institution, toldLast News that as of August 25, a new phase of this “commercial tourism” operation begins.
They will incorporate air transport with the capacity tocarry 20 tons of cargo from Margarita Island to Havana, so that Cubans can increase their expenses and send products quickly to their homeland.
"It will allow Cuban tourists toincrease purchases here, which have been limited by the capacity of the plane. Of course that comes tostrengthen the economy of our state Nueva Esparta, is one more grain of the other things that we are trying to promote," Rodríguez commented.
The Venezuelan regime seeks to get more Cubans to travel to shop in its territory.Yulier Avila, commercial manager of the GTN travel agency, said that the operation will allow "the capacity of the plane to be filled to 130 passengers," and explained that they could only sell half of it due to the luggage issue.
"Now we will be able to take other items of greater volume and weight that were not within what we could take to Cuba. We are talking about household appliances from the entire white goods system, electric motorcycles and other larger equipment," he said.
These commercial operations, the regimes of both countries try to camouflage them with the discourse that the Cubans aretraveling for tourism to this beautiful Venezuelan region.
The state agencyCubatur trips She is one of those who controls this business. The minimum price for a three-night package is $775 or MLC.
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