U.S., Dec. 23 -- After Fidel Castro, the Republic of Cuba has a new Prime Minister. With the new era for Cuba, the importance of the travel and tourism industry rose to another level, when the long-time serving Cuban minister of tourism Manuel Marrero was named prime minister for a 5-year term. Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel made the announcement on Saturday. During Marrero's term as a tourism minister , Cuban tourism witnessed massive resilience.

Under the new constitutional provisions, he was approved unanimously by the National Assembly to serve the same day. Fidel Castro was the country's last prime minister. He held the post from 1959 to December 1976, when he took the title of president of the State Council, a title that replace...