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Cuba Received One
Millionth Tourist Earlier this Year
 HAVANA, Cuba, Apr 11 (acn) Cuba rolled out the welcome mat to
receive its one millionth tourist Sunday, 13 days earlier this
year as compared with 2010.
Up to the
present, the country has seen a 10.4 % growth on tourist
arrivals as compared with 2010, says a press release by the
Cuban Tourism Ministry (MINTUR).The increasing number of tourists coming from Canada, Russia,
Argentina, United Kingdom, Chile, Poland, Venezuela and Belgium
has contributed to the achievement.
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This adds to the resuming of operations of cruise companies in
Cuba with the arrival of cruise ships like Thomson Dream,
Gemini, Discovery and Adriana in the island.
This year, 2.7 million foreign tourists are expected to travel
to Cuba, according to Jose Manuel Bisbe, MINTUR Sales Director.
Bisbe said a priority for this year in the sector is the
improvement of tourism offers and this year is the restoration
of the whole hotel infrastructure of around 50,000 rooms, 65 %
of them in four and five stars hotels.
Regarding new projects, the press releases announced the
construction of new hotels in the Santa Maria Key, off north
Villa Clara;, and Varadero.
The press release also confirmed the nine of the 25 hotels
operated by Spanish chain Sol Melia will be remodeled.
In relation to events, MINTUR announced the upcoming 31st
International Tourism Fair FITCuba 2011 to take place at the
Morro-Cabaña Fortress Complex from May 2-7. This is the most
important event within the leisure industry in Cuba.
Economy/ycr/ycr/10:25
Registra Cuba primer millón de turistas foráneos en 2011
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