{"id":269072,"date":"2023-05-04T11:24:57","date_gmt":"2023-05-04T15:24:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=269072"},"modified":"2023-05-04T11:24:57","modified_gmt":"2023-05-04T15:24:57","slug":"cuba-receives-its-first-million-visitors-this-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/economy\/tourism-in-cuba\/cuba-receives-its-first-million-visitors-this-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba receives its first million visitors this year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba reached its first million <\/span>visitors<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0received this year this Wednesday, according to the <\/span>Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR)<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the framework of the holding in Havana of the sector\u2019s International Fair, FITCuba 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The news was given to the media by Minister of Tourism Juan Carlos Garc\u00eda Granda, who explained that beyond the figure reached, what is important is that Cuba is heading towards the recovery of the leisure industry, according to a <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prensa-latina.cu\/2023\/05\/03\/cuba-arribo-al-millon-de-visitantes-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>report<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0by Prensa Latina (PL) news agency.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/twitter.com\/JuannCarlosGG\/status\/1653792420310441984?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1653792420310441984%7Ctwgr%5Eea7ce75a39544ed4a33f37e1099a7bf0b08e081e%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&#038;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Foncubanews.com%2Fcuba%2Fcuba-recibe-su-primer-millon-de-visitantes-en-el-presente-ano%2F<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The official stated that the greatest difficulties affecting tourism are the limitations due to air connectivity, despite the fact that 51 commercial airlines currently travel to the country.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For this reason, an important segment of FITCuba 2023 is being dedicated to airline companies in order to increase seating capacity when they cover different <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/flights-to-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>routes to Cuba<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Garc\u00eda Granda indicated.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have to focus on the arrival of new airlines in Cuba, since the arrival of cruise ships was affected after the unilateral measures adopted by the United States government during the Trump administration,\u201d he stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"p97lJnASMQ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/opinion\/columns\/counterbalance\/a-good-tourist-january-although-not-the-necessary-one\/\">A good tourist January, although not the necessary one<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;A good tourist January, although not the necessary one&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/opinion\/columns\/counterbalance\/a-good-tourist-january-although-not-the-necessary-one\/embed\/#?secret=847lEOkoqh#?secret=p97lJnASMQ\" data-secret=\"p97lJnASMQ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Before the former Republican president made that decision, about 600,000 travelers arrived by sea in the country. Many were Americans, he recalled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The top executive of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/tag\/tourism-in-cuba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>tourism in Cuba<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> also referred to issues related to the heritage recovery of Havana, to which the fair is dedicated, and affirmed that it is not concentrated only in the capital\u2019s historic center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe difference of our heritage with respect to many in the rest of the world is that it is a living heritage,\u201d he stressed.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cuba has set itself the goal of <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><b>reaching 3.5 million international tourists in 2023<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, although the authorities have acknowledged that it is a difficult goal considering the current situation on the island, which has had an impact on the quality of the services offered.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During a balance of tourist activity last year, MINTUR <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/cuba\/ministerio-de-turismo-cubano-reconoce-afectaciones-a-la-calidad-en-2022\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>confirmed<\/b><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0that in that period Cuba received 64.6% of the 2.5 million planned tourists. This figure, in turn, represents 37.8% of those who did so in 2019 and a growth of 4.5 times compared to 2021.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Nor was the sector\u2019s income plan met, which reached up to 74% of what was planned: only 36.2% of what was entered in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Previously, Garc\u00eda Granda had said that the recovery of the tourist activity \u201chas been difficult,\u201d but he was confident in a growing contribution of the sector to the battered Cuban economy.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"nqTZXlgqb6\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-government-highlights-tourisms-gradual-recovery-trend\/\">Cuban government highlights tourism\u2019s \u201cgradual recovery trend\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Cuban government highlights tourism\u2019s \u201cgradual recovery trend\u201d&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuban-government-highlights-tourisms-gradual-recovery-trend\/embed\/#?secret=Zcb86pVDpk#?secret=nqTZXlgqb6\" data-secret=\"nqTZXlgqb6\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cCanada, which is our main market, has recovered 80% compared to 2019, and today it represents more than 50% of the tourism we are receiving. But we cannot say the same about another market as important as the one made up of European countries,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have to continue working and strengthening the rest of the markets,\u201d he said. In this sense, he explained that his Ministry is working together with travel agencies and tour operators to \u201crescue the Latin American area,\u201d and mentioned countries such as Argentina, Colombia, Bolivia and Brazil among the markets in which this work is being carried out.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In addition, he affirmed that \u201cwe are not only looking at this year because tourism cannot lift the economy in a single year. It must be sustained work. And at this same fair, we are not only talking about business and prospects for the remainder of the year but also with a view to next winter.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"VQoWSky2un\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/opinion\/columns\/counterbalance\/tourism-much-more-than-buildings-hotels\/\">Tourism: much more than buildings-hotels<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Tourism: much more than buildings-hotels&#8221; &#8212; OnCubaNews English\" src=\"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/opinion\/columns\/counterbalance\/tourism-much-more-than-buildings-hotels\/embed\/#?secret=30SfE3JySD#?secret=VQoWSky2un\" data-secret=\"VQoWSky2un\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" 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