The Venezuelan government expects a significant expansion of air connectivity during the year 2023, despite the sanctions imposed by the U.S. against the South American country, informed this Tuesday the Venezuelan Minister of Transport, Ramón Velásquez.
Velásquez specified that the inauguration of a Caracas-São Paulo air route is planned to “give the possibility to passengers who wish to travel to Brazil to visit that nation and also that, from there, they can fly to other destinations”.
He indicated that soon the authorities expect to open the Caracas-Algeria air route and a unique international route between Caracas-Havana and Moscow to strengthen the connections between Venezuela, Cuba, and Russia.
“There are many destinations planned; 2023 will be a year of great achievements that will enhance the work being done to protect Venezuela’s air activities in the region and the world”, said the minister.
Velásquez detailed that, earlier, a cruise ship with almost 500 European tourists arrived in Venezuelan lands, specifically to Margarita Island (northeast), for whom a dedicated program with five routes through the beautiful Venezuelan beaches of the Caribbean was prepared.
In this regard, the Venezuelan Minister of Tourism, Alí Padrón, declared before Venezuelan state television that the arrival of the cruise ship implies that his country is moving forward over the adversities imposed, to a great extent, by Washington’s foreign policy.
Padrón stated that the arrival of the 498 European tourists to Venezuela implies that “we have broken the U.S. measures against the country, Venezuela was off the radar of tourism, especially cruise tourism; we have achieved articulations to advance and overcome the blockade”.
The Venezuelan tourism spokesman also predicts a year of expansion of the tourism sector as part of the national government’s economic program.