{"id":293541,"date":"2023-12-21T12:26:53","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:26:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=293541"},"modified":"2023-12-21T12:26:53","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T17:26:53","slug":"cuban-tourism-to-close-2023-far-from-expected-number-of-visitors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/economy\/tourism-in-cuba\/cuban-tourism-to-close-2023-far-from-expected-number-of-visitors\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuban tourism to close 2023 far from expected number of visitors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tourism will close 2023 with a recovery in income, thanks to the arrival of some 2,450,000 visitors at the close of the year, a figure far from the 3.5 million the sector authorities had previewed.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to Minister of Economy Alejandro Gil, the number of visitors <\/span>represents<\/b><\/a> a growth of 50% compared to 2022 and 64% of what was achieved in 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuba approached 2 million <\/span>international visitors<\/b><\/a> at the end of October, 44.6% below what was achieved in the same period of 2019, the year before the pandemic, a report from EFE specified.<\/span><\/p>\n

At the height of the 10 months of the year, Canada led the list of sending countries with 748,976 visitors. The northern country experienced an increase of 208.6% compared to 2022.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The main sun and beach destinations in the Caribbean stimulate Canadian tourism, a strategy for the 2024 season.<\/span><\/p>\n

Quoted by Prensa Latina news agency, professor and researcher Jos\u00e9 Luis Perell\u00f3 <\/span>mentioned<\/b><\/a> Cuba as one of the main markets for recreational trips in the area, even though it is currently working on the recovery of the sector.<\/span><\/p>\n

Also until October, the rest of the emitting countries were Russia (146,306), the United States (130,331), Spain (76,284), Germany (55,519) and Mexico (51,314), all with interannual increases of between 111 % and 343%.<\/span><\/p>\n

For its part, the Cuban community abroad reported a growth of 111.6%, with 297,034 visitors. Meanwhile, Cuban residents on the island added 654,853 flights, bringing the total number of travelers of all nationalities between January and September to 2,591,938 people.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the last meeting of the Council of Ministers, Gil highlighted that the total number of visitors received until the end of September represented only 75.5% of what was expected for this date and only 55% of those who traveled to the country in the same period of 2019.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cuba reaches 2 million tourists at close of first four months of 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n