While tourism has been heavily impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, Cuba’s airports have been undergoing extensive renovations during the shutdown. Construction to improve service quality, repaving of runways, and the implementation of hygiene and sanitization m... More »
Cuba’s Ministry of Tourism announced last Friday it will not reopen its borders just yet. The Tourism industry will start up again when it is safe to do so. According to the Ministry’s official website, “Borders will not be reopened for the moment, nor will th... More »
The 39th edition of Cuba’s international tourism fair, FitCuba 2019, will be held in Havana during the 500th anniversary celebrations of the city, with Spain as the guest of honor. FitCuba will begin on May 6 and run until May 11, 2019. The tourism fair was re... More »
The Cuba-Canada relationship is still going strong. More than a million Canadian visitors have landed on the Island over the course of the 2018 travel season reports Travel Pulse. Canadians just can’t get enough of Cuba. The Cuba Tourist Board of Canada on Tue... More »
Yesterday the Ministry of Tourism (Mintur) announced Cuba’s new tourism statistics for first half of the year. Approximately three million tourist have visited this year despite the United States government attempts to thwart tourism to the Caribbean Island.... More »
MITM Americas HAVANA will begin the selection of approved buyers after having received over 500 hosted buyer applications. The most influential MICE trade show in America and the Caribbean, starts its 2nd phase of rigorous selection of invited buyers. The 22nd... More »
Despite the devastation of Hurricane Irma this past September and the U.S. State Department travel warning, international tourist arrivals to Cuba has already surpassed last year’s numbers, 54 days earlier than in 2016. Last year, 4 million tourists spent thei... More »
Is travel to Cuba safe? This is probably the question on the minds of would-be tourists in light of current events. More specifically, is travel to Cuba safe for Americans? We thought we’d take a look at the facts and numbers on tourist safety after the rec... More »
This year’s recently concluded FITCuba 2017, the 37th International Tourism Fair which took place in Holguin ended in success with some signed deals for 25 joint ventures including hotels in Cuba, hotel renovation projects, and real estate developments which i... More »
Tourism Statistics for Cuba According to the Cuban Official National Statistics and Information Office (ONEI), the Cuban tourism sector earned more than 1.2 billion dollars in the first half of 2016. This represents a 15% growth compared to the same period in ... More »
Cuba has been the fastest-growing market in the history of the US Airbnb company, which is currently offering over 8 thousand rented-homes in Cuba, said Mikel Freemon, Airbnb regional manager for the Caribbean. In statements to Caribbean News Digital website, ... More »
HostelCuba kicked off its first trade fair event on May 17 (running until May 19) in Havana, Cuba. HostelCuba is the first of a series of trade fairs organized by the Fira de Barcelona group. It’s currently taking place in the Pabexpo exhibition fairgrounds.... More »
