Cuba’s tourism industry has been hit hard by US sanctions and fuel shortages, with nearly three-quarters of hotels now closed on the island.
Euronews – Cuba’s tourism sector has been brought to "almost total paralysis" by US sanctions and fuel shortages, Prime Minister Manuel Marrero said, with nearly three-quarters of hotels now closed.
Detailing the scale of the tourism crisis for the first time, Marrero said seven international chains, responsible for about half of all hotel rooms, had now left the island.
Today, Old Havana's streets, once clogged with tourists seeking sun, salsa and stirred cocktails, are quiet. Some 73% of hotels have been closed, Marrero said, and about 25,000 workers have been left "in a vulnerable situation".
Seven international hotel chains have now ceased operations on the island – this accounts for 46% of the rooms managed under that model.
