Cuba’s Collapsing Tourism: The Figures Behind a Shrinking Market in 2025
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HAVANA (AP) — The number of tourists arriving in Cuba in the first half of the year fell 25 percent compared to the same period last year, officials said Wednesday.
Cuba recorded a significant decline in the arrival of international tourists during the first half of this year
More than half of Cubans over 15 years of age do not have a job or look for it, according to data published on Tuesday by the National Bureau of Statistics and Information (Onei). The figure, reported in the ‘National Occupation Survey (ENO)’ of 2024, places Cuba with one of the employment rates - percentage of people of working age who have a job - lowest in the region, with 49.1%. In contrast, the average in Latin America and the Caribbean las…
Cuba’s Collapsing Tourism: The Figures Behind a Shrinking Market in 2025
Cuba is experiencing its most severe tourism downturn in nearly 20 years, according to data from the country’s own National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI). In the first four months of 2025, Cuba saw just over 991,000 international visitors—a drop of nearly 27% compared to the same period in 2024. Hotel rooms remain empty, […]
The number of tourists who arrived in Cuba in the first half of the year fell by 25% in relation to the same period of the previous year, official sources said on Wednesday. The news of the fall in this vital sector of the Cuban economy adds to the increasing financial difficulties that the country is experiencing [...] The entry Cuba reports a 25% drop in the vital tourism sector during the first semester was first published in Foco Informativa.
"These are the worst years since we opened the inn. Since last year we saw a terrible decrease in tourism. Argentina became expensive for foreigners but also for the Argentines themselves," said Natalia Dobiak, tourist service provider of Loreto. Dobiak highlighted the value of Loreto as part of the Parque Iberá and destination itself. "In Loreto we always fight for being a destination in itself. Our goal was always for tourists to stay at least…
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