Cuba Cuba less tourists : They expects 20 percent less tourists due to US sanctions. Tourism is an important source of income for Cuba, especially since the decline in cooperation with Venezuela.
Initially, Cuba estimated to receive 5 million visitors in 2019, said Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero before Parliament in Havana. But After the most recent blockade measures in Washington, the arrival of only 4 million visitors is estimated. The government of US President Donald Trump restricted last June the trips of citizens of his country to Cuba. He also stopped cruise trips to the communist country.
Before these sanctions came into force, until last April some 400,000 people had been arrested during stops on the island of Cuba. During the rest of the year, restrictions on cruise itineraries will affect more than 560,000 U.S. citizens,
To these must also be added other travelers from other countries, who arrive through these same routes, he added.
Tourism is one of the activities that contributes the most money to the country, "said the president of Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel, during the parliamentary session. in short Cuba will have fewer tourists per blockade
