• Walking tour of UNESCO World Heritage site, Havana with a visit to the Literacy Museum, School of Art, Foundation for Nature and Humanity (Fundación Antonio Nuñez Jimenez) and projects on permaculture and environmental preservation.
    
• Visit Vinales Valley to learn about the importance of the tobacco industry & dialogue with the local people on tourism issues in the region.
    
• Excursion to "Las Terrazas" / Pinar del Rio Eco-Comunity and Sustainable Development site in the Sierra del Rosario Mountains – a UNESCO designated "Bio-Reserve" area.
    
• Visit an agricultural cooperative and a senior citizens’ home, and meet with representatives of the Federation of Cuban Women in Cienfuegos, Cuba's "youngest" city (founded in 1819) with a vibrant youth population, and diverse architecture.

This special journey is led by Malia Everette, Director of Global Exchange Reality Tours and advisor to Ethical Traveler. Malia has been facilitating educational and customized trips to Cuba for 20 years and overseeing Global Exchange’s Reality Tours to Cuba for over 13 years.

This is a unique opportunity for professionals related to the theme of the tour (example: educators, sociologists, social workers, anyone involved in sustainability, travel writers, journalists) to visit Cuba legally and explore the future of US-Cuban relations. Global Exchange is a licensed travel service provider by the US Department of Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control and its "Sustainable Tourism" tour to Cuba was named 50 Tours of a Lifetime in 2010 by National Geographic Traveler.

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