INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND THE CUBAN ECONOMY

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INTERNATIONAL TOURISM AND THE CUBAN ECONOMY
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Three Stages Of Tourism Development

• 1915 1930 nearness to USA East coast good
  sanitary conditions Prohibition Act
• 1950 1958 linked to USA mafia business for
  gambling, prostitution drugs
• 1990 2000 searching news paths for tourism
  development

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Tourism Development In The 90
1990 2000 Annual growth International
arrivals [phone] 18 Gross Revenues
(million usd) 243 1952 23 Rooms for
international tourism 12 9OO 35 293 11  
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Impact On The National Economy
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Foreign Participation
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Americans tourists travels to Cuba

• In the last four decades USA Administrations
  prohibited Americans to travel to Cuba it is
  estimated that those measures inhibit 25 million
  to visit the island.
• These prohibitions affected the Cuban tourism and
  cruisers trade for 15.7 billion.
• By alternatives routes and means 77 000
  Americans visited Cuba last year.

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Actions suggested for the Caribbean region

• Coordination of pricing policies for tourism
  services.
• Creation of regional airlines.
• Establishing of strategic alliances regarding
  development of new tourism products.
• Multidestination promotion, building on strength
  differences of participating countries
  encouraging turoperators in these programs.

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Subsequent analysis of the tourism annex proposal
shall be oriented to increase its helpfulness to
developing countries regarding the threats of
globalization