Participants in the festival, taking place at Havana’s Conference Center and other venues from February 27 to March 3, are looking for answers to the universal demand for this kind of product.

For some experts, there are three indispensable elements: the soil, climate, and experience of the producers.

Hence, the meeting’s program includes a visit to the plantations of the leaf in western Pinar del Rio province.

Despite the impact of hurricanes in that region, workers in the fields and the tobacco-curing houses made a great effort to recover the work’s parameters to maintain the quality of the cigars.

The process of the Habano cigars covers field, factory, and laboratories, where the seeds to be grown are carefully examined to make them more resistant to pests and with better aroma for the leaf.

The program includes visits to renowned factories and plantations, seminars with attractive keynote speeches, contests, and three special evenings, in which attendees can learn about the secrets of Cuban cigars.

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