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Club Gran Caribe:
Cuba’s Bicycle Touring Boom
By: Roberto F. Campos | Photos: José (Tito) Meriño and Arc
Diversification of opportunities is considered the most significant attribute of a recreational industry on the rise, as Cuba’s is, where touring its territory on a bike is not only an institutional strategy, but a fast-growing tourist activity of great appeal.
One good example is that of Club Gran Caribe, founded at the University of Havana on January 28, 1993. To date, the club has led thousands of trips with cyclists from Canada, the United States and Europe.
According to its president and founder, Ignacio Valladares, also a specialist on sports themes, Gran Caribe has one of the most active vacation offers on the Caribbean island.
Valladares added that Cran Caribe was created at a time when there was a need for leisure activities for university students from other provinces who were staying at the University of Havana living facilities. Some students became interested in the rise
most significant attribute of a recreational industry on the rise, as Cuba’s is, where touring its territory on a bike is not only an institutional strategy, but a fast-growing tourist activity of great appeal.
According to its president and founder, Ignacio Valladares, also a specialist on sports themes, Gran Caribe has one of the most active vacation offers on the Caribbean island.
