First time in history: Cuba has the most tourists from Russia
Oscar Enriquez Diaz, a representative of the Ministry of Tourism of the island (Mintur) said that the Russians for the first time in history became leaders in the number of tourists. Cuba after the resumption of the flight.
Four years ago, Canadians, Cubans living abroad, Americans and Germans were vacationing in Cuba. Then Great Britain, France, Italy, Spain, Mexico. Russia was only tenth in the number of tourists.
" . Since 2016, the Russian market began to grow rapidly and in 2019 reached the third place, ousting many countries. In 2019, 178,000 Russian tourists visited Cuba, a record number. Compared to 2018, it increased by 50%.”
According to the representative of Mintur, over the past four years, the Russian market has grown more intensively than the rest.
This year, before the coronavirus epidemic, Russia was the number one tourist with a 33% increase. And if there had not been a pandemic, we expected the arrival of 220,000 Russian tourists ... we hope that Russia will remain our main market.
Air traffic between Russia and Cuba resumed on November 2. For the first month, the island was visited by 3 thousand Russian tourists. Flights from Russia are operated four times a week on the wings of AZUR air and Nordwind airlines. Due to the pandemic, planes with tourists can land on the islands of Cayo Coco and Cayo Largo. Airports on the main island of Cuba are not yet available for tourist flights from Russian airports.
Source: tourism.interfax
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