Camagüey, 20 Sep. The information that has just published the National Office of Statistical, that Camagüey in the first semester is not only the county of more tourist permanency in Cuba full with joy to those that work in this sector, but to all the inhabitants of this center oriental region.According to the study of the entity, the stay of the foreign tourists in the extensive and flat lands of Camagüey grew in 22%, the biggest figure reported by the counties and collection in the publication Tourism, indicators for territories.
Follows Camagüey, Santiago de Cuba with 13% and the Youth's Island with 6, territories that are able to increase the days of foreign tourists' stay, indicator associated to the expenses.
The international tourism arose properly to the beginning of the special period as important option to capture quick hard currency, to propitiate the economic recovery of the country and to revitalize other sectors like the slight and alimentary industries.
In Camagüey, to 550 kilometers of Havana, the biggest quantity in keys and islands of the country and 25% of the beaches of the Cuban archipelago are located, and to the capital city can be consented by the international airport Ignacio Agramonte.
The main attributes of the region are Santa Lucía's beach and the city of Camagüey, leaves of whose historical center possesses the title of Cultural Patrimony of the Humanity, granted by the UNESCO.
To the excellent beaches unite diving places and sport fishing. In the key of the north lives great quantity of species of the flora and the fauna, while in the ecological region Sierra de Cubitas assures to walk for among hills of green and humid flora, to explore caverns and to navigate for a labyrinth of almost virgin islands and to cross plains. (Enrique Atiénzar Rivero)
