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Del jame  Gran Caverna de Santo Tomas,  ki je eden najdaljsih jamskih sistemov na Kubi, je urejen za turizem že od 1994. To je sesti nivo (od sedmih) tega kompleksnega kraskega sistema, katerega najnižji del je aktiven in tece skozenj potok  Arroyo Santo Tomas.  Zaradi velike pestrosti kraskih oblik, tako na povrsju kot v jami in zaradi pomembnih arheoloskih odkritij, je jamo  Gran Caverna de Santo Tomas  v zadnjih 10 letih obiskalo pomembno stevilo turistov in znanstvenikov, kljub težavam zaradi oddaljenosti od glavnih turisticnih poti po otoku. Vec elementov potrjuje, da je upravljanje z jamo lep primer majhnega vpliva turizma na jamo. Med temi je omejeno stevilo obiskovalcev v skupini, uporaba zgolj lesa za lestve in mosticke za dostop do jamskega vhoda ter uporaba akumulatorskih elektricnih svetilk (ne da bi bil v jami namescen stalni sistem osvetljevanja). Zato ima  Gran Caverna de Santo Tomas  velike možnosti da postane eno najpomembnejsih mest na Karibih, kjer bi lahko na eni strani razvijali ekoloski in trajnostni turizem, na drugi pa bi, zaradi svoje velikosti in dolžine, vabila mednarodne in kubanske jamarje ter znanstvenike k stalnim speleoloskim in krasoslovnim raziskavam. At Gran Caverna de Santo Tomas, one of the longest karst system of Cuba, a part of the cave is exploited since 1994 as show cave. It corresponds to the sixth level (out of the total of seven) of the complex karst system, which lowest part is still active today, being the present course of Arroyo Santo Tomas. Even with the difficulties related to great distance from the main tourist routes of the island, Gran Caverna de Santo Tomas was visited in the last 10 years by a significant number of tourists and scientists, due to its remarkable variety of karst landscape, at the surface as well as within the cave, and the important archaeological discoveries therein carried out. Management of the show cave is a good example of low-impact effect of tourism in a karst cave, as many features point out. Among these, the limited number of visitors allowed for each group, the choice in using only wooden ladders and passages to reach the cave entrance, and the adoption of rechargeable electrical light (without realizing any fixed light system in the cave). Gran Caverna de Santo Tomas, therefore, has a high potentiality for becoming one of the best location in the Caribbean to develop an ecological sustainable tourism and, at the same time, due to its size and length, to allow international and Cuban cavers and scientiststo continue carrying out speleological and karst research.

The Show Cave at “Gran Caverna de Santo Tomás” (Pinar del Rio Province, Cuba)