Tourism in Cuba is an economic sector that generates over 4.7 million arrivals as of 2018, and is one of the main sources of revenue for the island. With its favorable climate, beaches, colonial archi
The beach in the resort town of Varadero
A cocotaxi in Havana, a typical kind of vehicle tourists take for transport
Bar in the Hotel Varadero Internacional, circa 1951
Hotel Nacional in Havana. The hotel's guestlist includes Frank Sinatra, Winston Churchill and Ernest Hemingway, and also played host to the infamous Havana Conference in 1946
The Cuban thaw was a normalization of Cuba–United States relations from July 2015 to June 2017, ending a 54-year stretch of hostility between the nations. In March 2016, Barack Obama became the first
Tourism in Cuba
…and allowed for localized and small private businesses since 1980. It also pursues revitalization programs aimed at boosting tourism. The United States reestablished diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2015, in a period referred to as the Cuban Thaw, and the tourism industry has not benefited as much as was predicted from normalized relations with America…
U.S. President Obama meets with Cuban leader Raúl Castro in Panama, 2015
Alan Gross en route to Andrews Air Force Base in the United States on December 17, 2014, aboard a U.S. government plane; Gross was released by the Cuban government in a prisoner swap.
The Flag of Cuba is raised during the official reopening of the Embassy of Cuba in Washington, D.C., on 20 July 2015.
Delta Air Lines Flight 639, the airline's first flight to Cuba in 55 years, arriving at José Martí International Airport