Latin America Flaunted its Very Best at FITUR 2005

The 73 stands and booths used by North American, Caribbean and Latin American nations that attended FITUR 2005 in Madrid, showed off the finest travel destinations of the New World in which a varied scenery of jungles, tropical forests, beaches and gaudiness can take visitors thousands of miles away.

For Solange Garces, Ecuador´s Tourism Minister, human warmth is one of Latin America´s major assets, together with those cultural values that truly tell the region apart.

A wafting scent of coffee and the beauty of colorful fabrics were the name of the game in the offers presented by Guatemala, a country where Mayan ruins and the calmness of the Atitlan Lake reel in thousands of traveling city slickers every year.

The Dominican Republic put its smart money on the beauty of its women, relying on the presence and lovely smile of Miss Universe Claudia Cruz.

Argentina, Peru, Cuba and Venezuela set the show to music to unveil an array of seducing destinations outfitted with everything it takes to make any vacation trip the ultimate experience.

Roughly four million Spaniards travel abroad every year, a major market segment that Latin American nations don´t pass up and the main reason that drives these countries to further improve their tourist offers and products every year.

The winning Mexican stand featured mariachi music, tacos, tequila and plenty of icy beer.