古巴最大的雪茄派对又要恢复举办了。古巴计划在2022年初,具体在2月21日到25日,举办为期五天的雪茄节活动,活动主题是对古巴雪茄的热爱。
古巴官方上一次举办类似活动还是2020年2月份,当时全球还处于新冠病毒疫情大流行的前期。甚至在2020年2月24日哈瓦那举办的庆祝活动举办之前,关于谁会参加、谁不会参加的谣言就很多。那时候,新冠病毒的流行对中国影响比较大,中国是古巴雪茄2020年度的新晋第一大消费国,人们特别担心雪茄节快结束时的慈善拍卖,觉得由于疫情的影响,参加的人没有那么踊跃。但是这种担忧被一个高希霸雪茄保湿盒以270万美元成交的新的拍卖纪录所打破。
后来,和许多活动一样,2021年度的古巴哈伯纳斯雪茄节取消了。这是23年以来该活动第一次被取消举办。
关于2022年古巴雪茄节的活动安排的详细信息后续将公布。传统上,将包含一系列的产品展示、贸易展览、烟叶田参观、雪茄厂参观和鸡尾酒会,以及可以抽茄的晚餐宴会。在雪茄节上,古巴还将展示一些新款雪茄。
古巴政府近期宣布将在11月份重新开放国内旅游业。特朗普政府改变了奥巴马执政时代的两国关系正常化的政策,拜登上台后目前还没有改变政策,导致目前大部分美国人无法合法的进入古巴。
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Cuba’s biggest cigar party is coming back. The Habanos Festival is scheduled to return in early 2022, with a one-week party centered around the love of Cuban cigars running from February 21 to 25.
The last time the event was held, in February 2020, the world was on the precipice of a pandemic. Even before festivities began on February 24, 2020 in Havana, rumors were abundant about who would show and who would not. At the time, the Coronavirus outbreak was largely limited to China, which was revealed as the new No. 1 market for Cuban cigars in 2020. There were particular concerns about the charity auction that concludes each festival, concern that was shattered when records were broken with a $2.7 million bid for a Cohiba humidor.
Like so many events, the 2021 Habanos Festival, scheduled for February 2021 was cancelled. It was the first time in the 23-year-history of the event that it was called off.
Details about the agenda for next year’s festival are expected to follow at a later date. Traditionally the event is a series of presentations, trade shows, tobacco field trips, factory tours and festive cocktail parties as well as dinners with plenty of cigar smoking. Cuba also uses the week to showcase many of its newest cigars.
Cuba recently announced it would reopen the country to tourism in November. The Trump Administration reversed Obama-era policies of normalization with the country, a move President Biden has not changed, resulting in prohibitions that make it illegal for most Americans to visit Cuba.
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