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Cuba to welcome more tourists this year: official

June 26, 2017


Abstract : Cuba will welcome 4.2 million tourists this year, 200,000 more than last year, a Cuban tourism official said Sunday.

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HAVANA, June 25 (Xinhua) -- Cuba will welcome 4.2 million tourists this year, 200,000 more than last year, a Cuban tourism official said Sunday.

Cuba has seen a tourism boom in recent years and the tourist arrivals hit a record high of just over 4 million in 2016, said Dalila Gonzalez, deputy director of marketing for the Cuban Tourism Ministry, after Spanish airline Plus Ultra said earlier Sunday that it will open a new direct flight route between Barcelona and Havana.

Last year, 4 million foreign visitors arrived in Cuba, a 14.5 percent rise over 2015, according to the Cuban Tourism Ministry.

Plus Ultra's Vice President Julio Martinez Ultra announced on Sunday that Plus Ultra would start this code-shared trip with state-owned Cubana de Aviacion once a week, and the inaugural flight was expected to take place on July 1, originating in Barcelona.

The company will be the fourth Spanish airline to fly to Cuba, a destination that already has regular flights with Iberia, Air Europa and Evelop.

Gonzalez said this new route will undoubtedly contribute to the increase of thousands of tourists coming not only from Spain, but other European countries.

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