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In June, the number of US tourists visiting the island compared to the same month of the previous year increased by 5% after several months of decline for government restrictions Donald Trump. Cuba
According to several sources consulted by the agency Reuters 68,000 Americans visited the island, not to mention those of Cuban origin in family trips.
However, this increase is cruise tourism, which tends to spend less money in Cuba than those who go on vacation in the country of the West Indies.
Between January and June, about 50% of Americans visiting Cuba do so at bus stops. cruises The same period in 2017, they accounted for 25%.
According to reports, despite this increase, the number of US visitors to Cuba in the first half – including Cuban-Americans – fell
Data accessed by Reuters report that "the arrival of tourists to Cuba decreased by more than 5% between January and June to reach about 2.5 million. This figure includes the number of visitors who arrived on cruises in the first six months, or 379,000, an increase of 45%. "
For the Cuban economy, this decline is a serious blow, as tourism
Tuesday, the Cuban Resistance Assembly convened a demonstration in front of the port of Miami on 21 July whose goal is to proclaim itself against the "It's about launching an awareness campaign about the disastrous consequences that these cruises represent for the Cuban people," said Orlando Gutiérrez, the director of the Assembly
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