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Cuba To Welcome Back Tourists as Home-Grown Vaccine Drive Takes Hold

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Cuba will open its borders next month and make it easier for most of its people to enter the country after being vaccinated with home-made CoVID-19 drugs, allowing it to welcome visitors from abroad. Permission will be granted and its ailing tourism industry will be shot in the arm.

Sanctions due to epidemics, a sharp drop in flights to Cuba, and a US travel ban on most communist-held islands led by former US President Donald Trump have halted business and cut it off from regional rivals such as the Dominican Republic. Left behind, Puerto Rico, Bahamas and Cancun.

But from November 15, Cuba will only require visitors to carry proof of vaccination or recent PCR to enter the country, which was one of the first stricter protocols in the Caribbean, including the quarantine period and multiple PCRs. Tests included.

Francisco Campus, who oversees 32 hotels at the Spanish firm Sol Melia in Cuba, said the fully vaccinated population would prove to be an important selling point for an island that already has its safety, beaches and turquoise waters. Is well known

“Cuba will be one of the safest sanitary sites and we are confident we can reach tours like 2019 by the end of next year,” he said.

Cuban home-made vaccines are currently being reviewed by the World Health Organization, and most trial data remains to be reviewed.

But in countries with a population of more than a million, Cuba is vaccinating faster than any other country, according to official Reuters figures.

The government says Speed ​​is paying off, with CoVID-19 cases and deaths down by at least 80 percent since mid-summer. At least 90% of the population has received at least one dose of the country’s three-dose home vaccine.

Tourism Minister Juan Carlos Garcia said this month, “We are at a favorable moment as we begin to revive our tradition, to visit relatives and go on vacation, as well as to improve economic activity.” “

The epidemic has closed schools, entertainment venues and restaurants as it shuts down all major tourism industries – freezing Cuban foreign trips and expatriate Cubans visiting the country. It is exacerbating an economic crisis that has left residents short of food and medicine. .

Cuba received more than 4 million tourists in 2019, accounting for 10.6% of gross domestic product (GDP), and much more through supply chains and informal economic activity.

But only 200,000 guests have come this year and only 100,000 more are expected, Minister Garcia said.

Cuban economist Ricardo Torres said those numbers meant a “catastrophic” 92% drop in tourism this year compared to 2019.

“So, we’re talking about a real revival of tourism next year … which has a tremendous impact and is crucial to economic recovery,” said Torres, a visiting professor at American University in Washington.

US sanctions sharply limit trade with Cuba, so the country relies heavily on the flow of foreign currency and basic goods that travelers and Cubans bring to the island.

Despite growing hopes with the resumption of tourism, officials have warned that the economic recovery will be much slower than initially thought after a sharp decline of 10.9pc last year and a further 2pc by June. ۔

Varadero Beach Resort is already partially open, including to the local market, for which it is a favorite destination.

And life is slowly returning to the colonial district of Havana as it prepares to welcome guests back after a 19-month hiatus.

“Old Havana has been sad all this time because no tourists have come,” said Ernesto Alejandro Labrada, owner of the Entourage restaurant, which is now full of Cubans enjoying the food before visitors return. (https://techviraltips.com/cuba-to-welcome-back-tourists-as-home-grown-vaccine-drive-takes-hold/)

Original Source: Reuters

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