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According to the Cuban Ministry of Tourism Day 11/7, from the beginning of the year, the country has welcomed two million visitors to visit, up 16% over the same period last year.
In an official statement, the Cuban Ministry of Tourism noted that this figure had reached 39 days earlier than last year, due to a large number of tourists come from Canada, Germany, United Kingdom, France, Italy, United States and Argentina.
Last year, Cuba has welcomed a record number of visitors and 3 million tourists are in rapid upward trend since January 12/2014, when Cuba and the United States announced that it would begin to restore relations delivery.
Visitor numbers to the United States rose 36% in Cuba 5 months, including those going through third countries to Cuba to avoid travel restrictions on government Washington.
According to statistics by economist José Luis Cabrera PERELLO Tourism Studies Faculty of the University of Havana has to offer, from the first year to the last 9/5 days there were more than 51,400 US citizens traveling to Cuba, compared with more 37,400 visitors in the same period last year.
Tourism is a major foreign exchange earner second island with about $ 2.6 billion a year, behind the export of medical services.
Cuban officials recently predicted GDP in the first half of this year will increase by 4% thanks to the government implement reforms and market-oriented relations between Havana and Washington are increasingly improving.
Minister of Economy and Planning Marino Murillo said the Cuban economy "island of freedom" is on track and expected growth this year will be a positive year
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