Turkish actor Gohan Arkan visits Cuba as part of tourism promotion

Popular actor turco Gökhan AlkanKnown for his involvement in numerous soap operas exported by the country and widely consumed in Cuba, he recently travelled to the island at the invitation of the regime’s Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR) as part of an advertising campaign, the agency reported. Your Instagram profile.

“Gökhan Alkan has already started the summer mode in Cuba,” the government entity said. Activities deployed for summer events. Against the backdrop of a national tourism recession, Juggling of authorities in the sector Try to attract more tourists, MINTUR asked on Instagram: “Would you like to know where he’s been? Share your opinion in the comments!”

A few days later, Alcan posed next to Armendrone in the Plaza de la Revolución Heavy rain in Havana The poor state of the sanitation network will lead to flooding in the area. MINTUR also shared a photo of the actor in “Fusterlandia”, a mosaic space created by artist José Fuster in the Jaimanitas neighborhood. Although dozens of tourists come to this place every day The general crisis in the sector has led to a significant decrease in the number of tourists.

In its Profile on InstagramAlcan shared photos of Havana’s Bodegas, the Capitol, the Cathedral Square and the boardwalk, as well as the tobacco plantations of Pinar del Río, the mogotes of Viñales, the sun and beaches of Varadero and the memorial complex “Ernesto Guevara”, in Santa Clara, in what context MINTUR The perfect image to attract visitors: almendrones, rum, tobacco, beaches and some places of interest.

The actor is a The regime’s strategy to diversify the island’s tourism market And while strengthening Political and business relations with Turkeyincrease the number of tourists from the country. This is what the specialized magazine says Caribbean Tourism Trade When describing visits to the island by other soap opera protagonists, Heartbeat yes My husband’s family.

In this sense, Turkish Airlines In May, it was announced that the service would be expanded to Cuba. In the winter season 2024/2025, there will be 5 flights per week to Havana.

Turkish national airline will launch the fifth weekly Istanbul-Havana-Caracas-Istanbul flight on November 15 with the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner, the specialized portal AeroRoutes reports.

In 2022, the latest official data shows that only 9,190 Turkish tourists traveled to Cuba In 2019, the year before the pandemic, the number was 15,150. This is the case even though Turkish Airlines began operating in Cuba in 2016.

The Cuban government has pinned its hopes on tourism in markets such as China, Turkey, Poland and Russia, and hopes to reach 3 million tourists in Cuba by 2024, but according to current data, the number of tourists in five months has barely reached about 1 million. , It seems difficult to achieve.