{"id":252087,"date":"2022-04-28T14:01:35","date_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=252087"},"modified":"2022-04-28T14:01:35","modified_gmt":"2022-04-28T18:01:35","slug":"cuban-government-highlights-tourisms-gradual-recovery-trend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-government-highlights-tourisms-gradual-recovery-trend\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban government highlights tourism\u2019s \u201cgradual recovery trend\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Cuban authorities defined <\/span>tourism\u2019s current situation on the island<\/span><\/a> as a process with a \u201cgradual recovery trend,\u201d analyzing that in the first quarter of this year 313,908 foreign tourists were received in the country, according to official data released this Tuesday.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In March alone, 128,159 international visitors arrived on the Caribbean island (the figure includes business trips and for personal reasons), well above the 12,552 registered in the same month of 2021, says a dispatch from the EFE news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cEach month of this year there has been growth, compared to the previous one and April also indicates that it will be better than March,\u201d said Minister of Economy and Planning Alejandro Gil, during a meeting of the Council of Ministers, whose review was <\/span>published by official media. on the island.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

During the first four months of 2021, 64,712 foreign tourists traveled to Cuba, just 6% of the 983,099 who did so in the same stage of 2020, according to Cuba\u2019s National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI), the Spanish news agency pointed out.<\/span><\/p>\n

ONEI data used by EFE indicates that 573,944 international travelers visited Cuba throughout last year, which represented a decrease of 60% compared to 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuba registers 95.5% drop in international tourism in first months of 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n