Juan Carlos García Granda | |
Office: | Minister of Tourism |
President: | Miguel Díaz-Canel |
Primeminister: | Manuel Marrero Cruz |
Predecessor: | Manuel Marrero Cruz |
Successor: | Incumbent |
Birth Date: | 1963 1, df=yes |
Birth Place: | Cienfuegos, Cuba |
Nationality: | Cuban |
Party: | Communist Party of Cuba |
Term Start: | 22 December 2019 |
Juan Carlos García Granda is a Cuban state official currently serving as the Minister of Tourism of Cuba. He served as first deputy minister under former Minister of Tourism Manuel Marrero Cruz until Cruz's appointment to the office of Prime Minister in December 2019.[1] [2]
García has advocated for the construction of additional "emblematic" luxury hotels in the country. In November 2019, he inaugurated the Paseo del Prado Hotel in Havana in the company of the former First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, Raúl Castro, and the former President of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel. He has also advocated for the strengthening of bilateral ties with Canada, which ranks first among the issuers of visitors.[3]