1. No category

60th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the
Americas and International Seminar on Tourism and
Culture
Havana, Cuba, 3-5 May 2016
CAM/60/NI
Madrid, 31 March 2016
Original: Spanish
INFORMATION NOTE
1.
PLACE AND DATES
The 60th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas (CAM) will be held on
Tuesday, 3 May, from 8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m.
The international seminar on tourism and culture will be held on Wednesday, 4 May, from 2:30 p.m. to
6:15 p.m., and on Thursday, 5 May, from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
The 60th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas and the International Seminar on
Tourism and Culture will take place at:
Hotel Habana Libre
Address: Calle L, entre 23 y 25. El Vedado. Havana
Telephone: (53) 7 8346100
Fax: (53) 7 8346365
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.tryp-habanalibre.com
2.
REGISTRATION
The participation form prepared for this purpose is available at the following
http://americas.unwto.org/es/event/60-reunion-de-la-comision-de-la-omt-para-las-americas
link:
Participants are requested to complete it before 15 April 2016. For any questions or requests for additional
information, please contact the following officials:
Ministry of Tourism of Cuba
Ms. Marivel Pérez Pérez
Chief of International Relations
Tel.: + 53 7836 4085
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.cubatravel.tur.cu.
World Tourism Organization (UNWTO)
Ms. Daniela Urcuyo
Coordinator
Regional Programme for the Americas
Tel.: + 34 91 567 81 77
Fax: + 34 91 571 37 33
E-mail: [email protected]
Web: www.unwto.org
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3.
ENTRY FORMALITIES
For more information on entry formalities, participants are invited to consult the list of diplomatic missions of
Cuba below and contact the nearest one.
(a) Nationals of the following UNWTO member countries REQUIRE a visa to enter Cuba. They should
contact the corresponding embassy listed below:
Country
Embassy
Contact
Telephone
Address: Virrey del Pino
1810 e/ Arribeños y 11 de
Septiembre. Belgrano,
Capital Federal.
CP 1426EGF. Buenos Aires,
Argentina
Ambassador:
Mr. Orestes Pérez
Pérez
(54-11) 4782-9049
Bahamas
Address: Collins Ave. 61
Miller House, Nassau,
Commonwealth of the
Bahamas
Ambassador:
Ms. Ismara
Mercedes Vargas
Walter
(1242)356-34-73
[email protected]
Barbados
(+ 28 days)
Address: No.13, Edgehill
Heights, Phase 2,
St.Thomas, BARBADOS, WI
Ambassador:
Mr. Francisco
Fernández Peña
(1246) 271 9209
[email protected]
[email protected]
Bolivia
Address: Calle Gobles No.
6246, entre 11 y 12, Bajo
Irpavi, Zona Sur. La Paz
Ambassador:
Mr. Benigno
Pérez Fernández
(591) 2721646 /
2115018
[email protected]
Brazil
Address: SHIS QI 05, Conj.
18, Casa 1, Lago Sul
Brasilia
(61) 3248-4710 /
3248-4517
[email protected]
[email protected]
Chile
Address: Los Leones 1346,
Providencia, Santiago de
Chile
Colombia
Address:
Carrera 9na # 92-54 Chicó .
Bogotá, D.C.
Ambassador:
Ms. Marielena
Ruiz Capote
Ambassador:
Mr. Adolfo
Curbelo
Castellanos
Ambassador:
Mr. José Luis
Ponce Caraballo
Costa Rica
Address: Sabana Norte, del
ScotiaBank 300 norte
Casa No. 3.
Ambassador:
Mr. Danilo
Sánchez Vázquez
(506) 2290-3283
(506) 2291-1604
Dominican
Republic
Address:
Calle Francisco Prats
Ramírez No. 808 (Antigua
Hatuey) El Millón
Santo Domingo.
Ambassador:
Mr. Carlos Jesús
de la Nuez
López
809 537 2113
Argentina
E-mail
[email protected]
(54-11) 47829089
(562) 2596 8550
621-7054
621-6116
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Address: Mercurio No.365
e/ La Razón y El
Vengador, Batán Bajo,
Quito, Ecuador.
Address: Calle Arturo
Ambrogui No. 530,
esquina a Avenida El
Mirador, Colonia Escalón.
San Salvador.
Ambassador:
Mr. Jorge
Rodriguez
Hernández
Ambassador:
Ms. Iliana
Teresa Fonseca
Lorente
Guatemala
Address: Avenida Las
Américas 20-72
zona 13 , Guatemala
Ambassador:
Mr. Carlos de
Céspedes Piedra
Haiti
Address: Rue Marion·No. 3,
Peguy Ville, Port-du-Prince
Ambassador:
Mr. Ricardo
García Nápoles
22563504/03
Honduras
Address: Colonia Lomas del
Guijarro, Calle Los
Eucaliptos, No. 3720 .
Tegucigalpa MDC,
Honduras C.A.
Ambassador,
Chargé d'affaires
a.i.
Mr. Sergio Oliva
Guerra
(504) 2239-3778
Ecuador
El Salvador
Jamaica
Address: 9 Trafalgar Road
Kingston 5, Jamaica.
Ambassador, Mr.
Bernardo
Guanche
Hernández.
Mexico
Address: Presidente
Masarik, No. 554, Colonia
Polanco, Delegación Miguel
Hidalgo, CP 11560, México
D.F.
Ambassador:
Mr. Dagoberto
Rodríguez Barrera
Address: 3ra entrada Las
Colinas, 400 varas arriba, 75
al sur
Ambassador:
Mr. Eduardo
Martínez Borbonet
Panama
Address: Calle Cuba esq.
Ecuador
Ambassador:
Mr. Antonio
Miguel Pardo
Sanchez
Paraguay
Address: Luis Morales
#766 entre Luis de León y
Luis de Granada,
Barrio Jarra Asunción.
Ambassador:
Mr. Juan Domingo
Astiasarán
Ceballo
Nicaragua
Embassy: (593)
2260-981 Ext: 24
Consular section:
(593) 244-5154
(503) 250 80457
250 80446
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
(876) 978-0930
(876) 978-0931
(876) 946-1786
(876) 619-1442
(876) 619-1443
(876) 978-7015
(Consular office)
(52)(55) 62367693
(52)(55) 62368732
Embassy:
(505) 22760742(505) 22761452
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
Consulate:
(505 ) 22762303
227-0359
[email protected]
[email protected]
(59521) 222 763
[email protected]
[email protected]
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Peru
Address: Coronel Portillo
No.110, San Isidro, Lima
Chargé d'affaires
a.i.
Mr. Rubén García
Abelenda
(511) 512-3400
(511) 512-3414 or
512-3413
[email protected]
[email protected]
Trinidad and
Tobago
Address: 74 Elm Avenue,
Bayshore,
Westmoorings, Port of Spain.
Trinidad and Tobago. West
Indies. P.O.Box. 1779
Ambassador:
Mr. Guillermo
Vázquez Moreno
(868) 633-3268 /
632-8691
[email protected]
[email protected]
Uruguay
Address: Feliciano
Rodríguez 2690 entre
Francisco Soca y Gral
Espartero. Montevideo
Ambassador:
Ms. Mercedes
Vicente Sotolongo
27079404
27070035
Venezuela
Address:
Calle Roraima entre Río de
Janeiro y Choroní
Quinta Marina
Urbanización Chuao
Caracas
Ambassador:
Rogelio Polanco
Fuentes
(0212) 991-6661
(0212) 991-2911
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
(b) Nationals of the rest of the UNWTO member countries DO NOT REQUIRE a visa to enter Cuba.
(c) Once the participation form has been duly completed, applications should be submitted by 20 April 2016
at the latest, accompanied by the following documents:
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Copy of passport.
UNWTO document confirming registration as a participant at the 60th meeting of the UNWTO
Commission for the Americas and the Seminar.
(d) Participants who need a visa, in any case, will not have to pay processing fees when submitting their
application, which will be fast-tracked.
(e) If there is no embassy or consulate of Cuba in the country of residence of the delegates, they can
receive a free visa on arrival at Jose Marti International Airport (HAV), provided they have submitted
before April 20 the documentation indicated in the (c) above.
4.
TRANSPORT AND ACCOMMODATION
The official agency for the event is Havanatur, which will manage the transport and accommodation of
participants:
Contact
Ms. Caridad Sagó
E-mail: [email protected];[email protected]
Tel.: /53) 7 201 9780
Address: Complejo Hotelero Neptuno Tritón
Calle 3ra esq. A 74, Reparto Miramar, Playa
Havana, Cuba
Web: http://www.havanatur.cu/
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A.
TRANSPORT
Havanatur will organize the transfer of the participants, both on arrival and on departure, between José Martí
International Airport (HAV) and the hotels mentioned below.
The José Martí International Airport (HAV) is 18 kilometres from Havana. More detailed information is
available on the airport website: http://www.aeropuertos.net/aeropuerto-internacional-jose-marti/.
In order enable the local authorities to arrange the transfer service, participants are requested to indicate
their wish to avail of this service in the participation form mentioned above in point 2 (registration), and
provide their arrival, departure and accommodation information.
B.
ACCOMMODATION
Those attending the 60th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas (CAM) and the
Seminar can avail of special rates at selected hotels for the event:
Hotels
Hotel Habana Libre
Hotel Nacional de Cuba
Hotel NH Capri La Habana
Hotel Victoria
It is recommended that participants book their rooms without delay, and in any case, before 20 April
2016.
Participants should note that in order to avail of the special rates, reservations must be made directly and
exclusively with Havanatur. They must also indicate their participation in the UNWTO event.
5.
MAP OF HOTEL LOCATIONS
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6.
SOCIAL PROGRAMME
Details of the social programme will be provided in a subsequent information note.
7.
POSSIBLE AIR ROUTES
Sunday, 1 May to 7 May 2016:
AIRLINE
FROM
DAY OF THE
WEEK
TO
FLIGHT TIMES
CM 218 PTY 12:54 –HAV 15:28
CM 230 PTY 02:33 –HAV 05:10
CM 246 PTY 17:27-HAV 20:11
CM 294 PTY 23:42 -HAV 02:28
CM 322 PTY 14:17 -HAV 16:50
CM 371 PTY 12:36 -HAV 15:10
CM 438 PTY 20:38 -HAV 23:09
Copa Airlines
Panama
Havana
Su, Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa
Avianca
Bogotá
Havana
Su, Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa
Aerorepública
Bogotá
Havana
Su, Tu, Th
Taca
International
El Salvador
Havana
Su, Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa
TA450 SAL 15:05– HAV 17:10
Taca Perú
Lima
Havana
Su, Mo, We, Fr, Sa
TP0958 LIM 15:30 – HAV 21:00
Lan Perú
Lima
Havana
Su, Tu, Th
LP2596 LIM 08:50– HAV 17:25
Mexico City
Havana
Su, Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa
AM0451 MEX 15.25– HAV 18:10
AM0453 MEX 23:21 – HAV 02.05
Cancún
Havana
Su, Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa
AM0447 CUN 15.50– HAV 17.20
Mexico City
Havana
Su, Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa
4O 2900 MEX 1615 – HAV 1850
4O 2902 MEX 2025 – HAV 2300
Cancún
Havana
Su, Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa
4O 904 CUN 1810 – HAV 1920
4O 4902 CUN 1155 – HAV 1305
Monterrey
Havana
Su, Th
4O 4914 MTY 1530 – HAV 1820
Mérida
Havana
Su, Th
4O 4921 MID 1630 – HAV 1805
Easysky
Roatán
Havana
Mo, Tu, Fr
CM -8032 PTY 11:00 –HAV 13:30
Conviasa
Caracas
Havana
Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr, Sa
VCV4100 CCS 1400 – HAV 1700
Aerolíneas
Argentinas
Buenos Aires
Havana
Aeroméxico
Interjet
Su, We
AV254 BOG 1407 – HAV 1745
RPB(AV)654 BOG 1455 -HAV
1842
AR 1326 EZE 07:40- HAV 18:50
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Tame
Quito
Havana
Su, Tu, Th
TAE-504 UIO 5:50 – HAV 9:20
Cayman
Airways
Cayman Brac
Havana
Sa
CAY842 CYB 1845 - HAV 1945
Grand
Cayman
Havana
Su, Mo, Tu, We, Th, Fr
CAY832 CYB 1830 - HAV 1930
CAY834 CYB 400 - HAV 0500
Bahamasair
Nassau
Havana
Mo, Tu, Sa
UP211 NAS 1500 – HAV 1615
Inselair
Curaçao
Havana
Mo, Fr
7I-841 CUR 1430– HAV 1710
8.
REGISTRATION AND BADGES
Access to areas reserved for the meetings shall be restricted to participants wearing their badges.
Participants can collect their badges at the registration desk at the Habana Libre Hotel, from starting on 2
May.
9.
WORKING DOCUMENTS
The UNWTO Secretariat will provide participants with electronic versions, via a link, of the working
documents of the 60th session of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas along with documents
related to the Seminar. They can also be downloaded from: http://americas.unwto.org/es/event/60-reunionde-la-comision-de-la-omt-para-las-americas
Participants are informed that following the policy of environmental protection applied throughout the United
Nations system, documents for the meeting of the CAM and the seminar will not be distributed on paper at
the venue. For this reason, participants are requested to bring with them their own set of documents.
10. WORKING LANGUAGES
The working languages of the 60th meeting of the UNWTO Regional Commission for the Americas and the
Seminar will be Spanish and English. There will be simultaneous interpretation for both languages.
11. LIST OF PARTICIPANTS
The UNWTO Secretariat will prepare a provisional list of participants based on the responses received to the
invitations, which it will distribute together with the decisions of the Commission meeting.
12. OTHER USEFUL INFORMATION
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Climate:
Cuba has a warm tropical climate with seasonally variable rainfall influenced by ocean currents. It also
presents some semi-continental climate characteristics. Its geographical location at a latitude very close to
the Tropic of Cancer means that it receives high levels of solar radiation that translates to warm weather,
with a rainy season in the summer.
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Official time
The time in Cuba is UTC-5:00 (GMT-5). Offices open their doors generally at around 8 a.m. or 9 a.m. and
close at 5 p.m. Shops are open from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
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Official currency
The official currency of the Republic of Cuba is the peso (CUP), which is equivalent to 100 centavos. In
circulation are banknotes in denominations of 1, 3, 5, 10, 20, 50 and 100 pesos, and coins of 1 and 3 pesos
and 1, 2, 5 and 20 centavos. Also in circulation is the Cuban convertible peso (CUC), used as a medium of
exchange with foreign currencies according to officially established exchange rates. Cuban convertible pesos
are not valid or exchangeable outside Cuba. Any remaining convertible pesos a visitor has at the time of
departure from the country may be exchanged at the airport for US dollars or any other internationally used
currency. For tourists, the most widely used currency is the CUC, with which they have access to all products
and services available in the country. Currency exchange to convertible pesos (CUC) is carried out at
airports, banks, hotels, exchange houses and major shops. Credit cards are accepted: Transcard, Visa,
MasterCard Internacional, Access, Bancomer Internacional, Eurocard, Banamex, Diners Club International,
JCB and Carnet, provided that they were not issued by US banks or their subsidiaries. Also accepted are
means of payment for domestic use issued by Banco Financiero Internacional (BFI cards) and by banks
Crédito y Comercio, Metropolitano, Popular de Ahorro and BICSA (RED cards).
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Language:
The official language of Cuba is Spanish.
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Safety and Security
Among the strengths that characterize Cuban tourism are safety and security, however, it is recommended to
take the usual safety measures. There is also a security force in the country that can be contacted by using
the emergency number 106.
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Banks
Banks are open Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The hotel
has a currency exchange office.
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Electricity:
Participants are reminded to bring the suitable transformers and adapters. There are two types of electrical
sockets. Throughout Cuba, the power supply is 110 volts AC, 60 hertz (110V AC, 60Hz).
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Restaurants
Since its origins, Cuban cuisine has been the result of the confluence of the same factors that led to the
formation of the nationality in the 19th century: the mixture of Spanish, indigenous and African customs and
the subsequent influence of Asian and Yucatecan immigration.
The national dish is ajiaco criollo, a combination of meat and vegetables cooked together, which varies due
to the diversity of the ingredients used in its preparation. The most typical Cuban dishes aside from ajiaco
are combinations of rice with different ingredients such as roast or fried pork, fried plantains or chatinos (fried
pieces of crushed plantain), pork cracklings and beef hash.
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