While making these two announcements at Havana’s Hemingway Marina, Jose Miguel Diaz, president of the Marlin S.A. Business Group of Marinas and Nautical Clubs, pointed out that this is an ideal opportunity to promote Cuba’s underwater heritage, and register in photographs its diversity and endemism.

The two competitions will take place in May at the Los Canarreos archipelago, in the southern part of the island, since it’s an area with excellent conditions for lodging and mobility, in view of the large amount of people expected to attend the traditional event, held at the Colony Hotel, in the Isle of Youth.

In the presence of tourism executives, tour operators and journalists, Diaz explained that, at the request of participants, an international competition is organized at the venue of the world championship a year before, in order to become familiar with its vicinity and the region’s environment.

The 2011 photo world competition was held in Turkey, and was attended by 88 teams from several countries. Preparations are already under way along with the Tourism Ministry to make its next edition a success, said Gonzalo Rios, director for Products and Development of the Marlin S.A. Business Group of Marinas and Nautical Clubs.