The prices vary depending on whether the visitor opts for the three-star Vedado Hotel or the four-star Miramar. The packages include flights, hotels, a tour of the Cuban capital and transportation to and from the concert.

Colombian singer Juanes has been authorized by Cuba's government to hold a concert in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución. 

Entrance is free to the concert that is expected to draw some 600,000 people.

Cuba is condemning threats made against Colombian pop singer Juanes, for the  "Peace Without Borders". Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto blamed anti-Castro exiles in the United States for the threats and said the Sept. 20 show will go on as planned.

His comments were reported  by Cuba's state news agency, Prensa Latina.

Prieto said those issuing the threats "should be ashamed of what they're doing."

Cuba's tourism industry will have enough capacity for the surge of American travelers expected should U.S. lawmakers lift restrictions on visits to the island, said Miguel Figueras, an advisor at Cuba's tourism ministry.

Cuba agrees with an estimate by the American Society of Travel Agents that 835,000 U.S. tourists a year, excluding cruise ships or Cuban-American family visitors, would come after an end to the travel ban, Figueras said. Cuba aims to build 30 new hotels with 10,000 rooms and 10 golf courses by 2014 without counting on changes in U.S. policy, he said.

''The Americans are welcome here,'' Figueras said this week in Havana's historic Hotel Nacional. ``You have to be prepared for that, but you can't make your development plans depend on whether this happens.''

Most Central Americans do not need a formal Cuban visa to visit the island and can travel there with only a ``tourist card'' that costs about $15.