Q & A with Maria Elena Lopez, Cuba’s Deputy Tourism Minister

Meier’s is a major tour operator for Cuba, as the island nation’s Deputy Tourism Minister Maria Elena Lopez told Caribbean News Digital last night during the gala dinner in honor of participants at the 2007 “Welcome to Cuba” Mega Fam Trip.

How would you define relations between Meier's Weltreisen and Cuba?
The fact that Meier’s has handpicked our country for this Mega Fam Trip is really something because this journey is gathering the top 100 bestselling agents dealing with both the Caribbean and Cuba. This event also bears out that Meier’s is a tour operator with a hands-on attitude towards Cuba. Germany is one of Cuba’s top outbound markets, so this is surely going to help us a great deal because all major tour operators and travel agencies have signed up for this trip. They are going to know the destination a whole lot better and they are going to be able to tell it apart from the rest of the Caribbean.

What benefits will this Meier’s Mega Fam Trip bring to the island nation?
We’re confident that once this event is over, those travel agencies and tour operators are going to be a much better position to get their job done, to answer the questions that their customers might have, those visitors willing to travel to the same destinations they’re touring right now. We’re also certain this event is definitely going to help us bring in more German tourists to Cuba.