As Cuba has grappled with electricity failures and natural disasters, Americans with family on the island and tourists considering visiting have been mobilizing to provide much-needed aid. For ...

As millions of Cubans endure daily power outages and a lack of basic services, Cuba's Minister of Tourism, Juan Carlos García Granda, has publicly ...

Getting to and around Havana. Travel to Cuba is indeed possible according to 12 purposes outlined by the United States ...

Tourism, once a vital pillar of Cuba's economy, has seen a dramatic decline, with visitor numbers down nearly 50% since 2017. U.S. sanctions, including travel and visa limitations, have further ...

Whatever Habaneros wanted—rest, fun, comfort, or bargain shopping—Miami had. A combination of inflated prices in Cuba plus fast, cheap air service had launched a boom in northbound tourist ...

Last year tourism brought in $1.3bn out of total hard currency earnings of $8.4bn, well behind the $4.4bn that Cuba earned from exporting its state employees, mainly doctors, on contract to ...

The implications for Cuba are clear. With tourism now the island’s principal economic motor, and the main source of foreign currency earnings after remittances, that an important tour operator ...

Tourism could help, but Cuba faces fierce competition from the likes of the Dominican Republic and Cancún in Mexico, says Omar Everleny, an economist. Tourist arrivals have picked up recently ...