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Cuba: Tourism Rises 2.7 Percent in First Semester of 2009 |
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Written by CNA /
Tuesday, 21 July 2009 / editorweb@radioangulo.icrt.cu
 Brisas Hotel in Guardalavaca beach, Holguin province. Photo: Amauris Betancourt.
Over the last month of the semester, June, Cuba received 164,904 visitors, which translates into a 7.3 percent increase compared to June 2008, and 22.1 percent compared with the same month in 2007.
These figures match the Ministry of Tourism’s expectations for this period, considering the world economic crisis. Cuba expects to receive nearly 2,350,000 tourists this year, practically the same amount of last year.
According to ONE’s publishing schedule, on July 28th they will release the “International Arrivals January –June 2009” report with more information on each month’s arrivals; accumulate, by years, as well as Cuba’s main tourist markets.
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