Kerepakupai Vena waterfall, also known as the Angel Falls, in Canaima National Park, declared a world heritage site by UNESCO in 1994, Bolívar state, Venezuela. Photo: Ilam Patrimonio.
Venezuela received more than 1.1 million tourists during the six months of 2024, reported Tourism Minister Alí Padrón.
In an interview with the news outlet La Iguana TV, Padrón highlighted the importance of tourism in the Venezuelan economy, and added that the sector has been growing for 11 consecutive quarters.
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Venezuela is a safe tourist destination
The minister of Tourism highlighted that currently Venezuela is one of the safest countries in Latin America to travel to, according to the United Nations Tourism Agency. This is thanks to the Venezuelan government’s efforts to overcome of the economic impacts of the unilateral coercive measures and the destabilization campaigns initiated by the United States and its allies.
The minister also spoke about his ministry’s outreach plan through tour operators. In the last few months, the Venezuelan Tourism Ministry has brought to the country the largest tour operators of Portugal as well as several influencers.
“Venezuela has been visited by more than 140 major influencers so far this year,” he said.
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Growth of tourism sector
Minister Padrón state that Commander Hugo Chávez was the first president of Venezuela to create a ministry exclusively dedicated to tourism, as he was aware of the importance of this sector for the country.
“Before that, there was no Ministry of Tourism, tourism was not part of the country’s development plan,” the minister said during the interview. “Here there was an economy with an oil rentier vision, people were encouraged to travel abroad. Now tourism is being promoted in Venezuela.”
He added that President Nicolás Maduro has put forward a national strategy to promote “the concept of a society that considers tourism as one of its main elements of development, of inclusion, with a sustainable vision.”
“We have to work on it, we have to prepare ourselves, work as a team, include the communities, prepare the private sector,” the minister said.
(Últimas Noticias) by Kleybergel González
Translation: Orinoco Tribune
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