More than 1 mn foreign tourists visit Cuba

More than 1 mn foreign tourists visit Cuba

Published June 02, 2014 EFE



Cuba welcomed 1.28 million tourists in the first four months of this

year, a figure that exceeded by 60,804 the number of visitors during the

same period in 2013, the National Statistics and Information Office, or

ONEI, said Monday.



Canada continues to be the main source of foreign visitors to Cuba,

followed by Germany, Britain, France and Italy.



So far in 2014, a rise in tourism of about 5 percent has been noted

compared to the same period last year, according to figures compiled by

the Tourism Ministry.



Last year, 2.85 million travelers came to the communist island,

including more than a million Canadians, and - although it did not

achieve its forecast of about three million visitors, the Cuban

government registered a modest growth of 0.5 percent compared with 2012.



France, Argentina, Italy, Mexico, Spain, Russia and Venezuela, in that

order, were among the countries sending the most tourists to the island

in 2013.



International tourism provided Cuba with income of some $1.8 billion in

2013, most of it for lodging and food, according to official figures. EFE



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