Posts Tagged ‘Cuba’

The Top alcoholic drink in the world!

Monday, December 21st, 2009

It confuses me why people argue about which drinks are the most popular and the best. For the record, the alcoholic drink with the most sales in general is beer! So now that I have cleared up that the Beer is the king of all the alcoholic drinks, why don’t we all just sit down and look at what the popular drinks are in different countries, I have picked some randoms. So let’s start somewhere random then move onto some larger places:

Cuba is the place of cocktails. The Cuban cocktail country, is ready to divulge to you one of its most amazing drinks, that we all love called the Cuba Libre. Cuba Libre, this is a very easy and quick drink to make up, with only three ingredients, mainly Rum and coke, with a slice of lime. People really do seem to like this simple and easy to prepare drink. Like the Cosmopolitan, the Mojito is also a great favourite for tourists.

And now to stop at Egypt. Slightly larger than Cuba and receives more tourists each year. Stella, this is Egypt’s biggest beer. Now I know what you’re thinking, and no it’s not the Artois version. This beer does have a decent 4.5%ABV which is when you think about it quite a high strength. It is actually owned by Heineken and is brewed in a brewery called Alaham Beverages.

Now we have America, the biggest of the lot. is there one that you have in mind? Probably not what you would presume, but the fastest selling beer is a Budweiser beer, but not Bud. It may come as a surprise, but it’s Bud Light. This is the alcoholic drink that is great for one and only one reason, that it doesn’t get you drunk very quickly. Although Bud the original is very close, it’s little brother is a bigger seller than itself in the States.

So are you seeking for Egypt holidays, Cuba holidays or how about something a little more unique like Maldives holidays, where you can build your own maybe more odd cocktail?

 

Cuba Launch Tourism Initiative

Sunday, May 17th, 2009

Tourism levels are set to be boosted by the Cuban government in the next few year. It hasn’t been doing too badly recently but would like to re-attract tourists from Europe whose number have been decreasing for some reason. There was a jump in tourist levels last year from 2.15 million to 2.25million people, which likely came about through better financial investment in tourist areas. Cuba has also worked hard on its foreign diplomacy in recent years in attempts dispel outdated, potentially harmful impressions of the country that may put people off visiting on Cuba holidays

Deputy Tourism Minister, Maria Lopez Reyes has stated that ideally numbers will continue to increase.  One new initiative that is being actioned is the addition of around 3000 extra rooms in Cuban hotels. More tourists are hoped to visit the country if a better range of accommodation and higher quality facilities can be offered to them. There has been development also in the luxury holidays market, as Cuba attempts to pull in holiday with more expensive tastes. Further to this, Miss Lopez Reyes has announced hopes that the new US government administration will relax the current travel ban that prohibits US citizens visiting Cuba legally. Although around 45,000 Americans do make the trip to Cuba each year, it is likely this figure would increase dramatically if they felt they could travel comfortably within the law.

Cuba has also recently announced that it will be hosting the very first International Culinary Festival of the Caribbean. This event hosts experts in the field of food from countries across the region to talk about various topics including recipes, techniques and cooking methods. Teaching the importance of local food and maintaining cultural traditions is another intended goal of the festival. Cuba has said that is very happy to have been awarded the hosting of the festival and are hopeful that it will draw in large crowds of people who are interested in food and culture alike. The event will be held in the Eastern City of Santiago De Cuba in September.