Cuba News » Matanzas News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: Spanish hotel chain Meliá to shutter hotels in Cuba in latest blow to island’s tourism sector
Spanish hotel chain Meliá has joined a growing list of companies with a long-standing presence in Cuba that are withdrawing or limiting their operations on the island after the U.S. announced new ...
News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: Cuba tourism struggles as blackouts and shortages deter visitors
HAVANA (Reuters) - As blackouts, food, fuel and labor shortages in Cuba grow more acute by the day, a trip to the Caribbean island has become a hard sell. Cuban government statistics tell the story: ...
News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: How the military came to dominate Cuba’s tourism — and bankrupted the country
After Americans flocked to Havana following President Barack Obama’s historic restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2015, the island’s most powerful entity, the military, made a big bet: ...
News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: Cuba's Tourism Could Boom if Trump Liberates Its People Like Venezuela
Cuba's once‑strong tourism industry -- long one of the island's biggest economic pillars -- is now facing a serious downturn. At the same time, recent geopolitics, including the United States' ...
News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: The silent collapse: How Cuba's military built an empire on tourism
Did you know that 90% of Cuba's hotels are owned by the military? In this documentary we break down the total collapse of Cuban tourism in 2026: from 4.7 million visitors in 2018 to just 1.8 million ...
News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: Tourism was once an 'economic locomotive' in Cuba. Now, the train is coming off the tracks
For decades, Cuba's tourism sector has enjoyed a reputation as an "economic locomotive" — a term used by authorities who saw it as the lifeblood of the Caribbean island country's economy. But the ...
News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: Cuba’s new parliament will face a familiar economic hangover
For Jose Guerra Ferrer, a Havana-based industrial engineer, “the economic situation in Cuba is bad”. “I hope it can be addressed by the new parliament,” he says, with reference to national assembly ...
News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: Cuba Is Running Out of Time—and the World Is Looking Away
Cuba is entering a deeper crisis, with failing infrastructure and a collapsing tourism sector pushing livelihoods to the brink. As pressure mounts, the question is no longer whether the island can ...
News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: From Salsa to Silence: How America First Is Emptying Cuba’s Beaches and Livelihoods
Cuban tourism once meant music, joy, and vibrant life. Today, empty beaches, blackouts, and grounded flights tell a different story. As U.S. sanctions tighten under President Donald Trump’s “America ...
News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: Tourism in Cuba plummets as tensions with US increase and Venezuela oil shipments drop
HAVANA (AP) — It’s almost noon in Havana when a handful of tourists tumble out of a small yellow bus and rush toward a row of shiny classic cars, cameras in hand. Nearby, under the shade of a beach ...
News Cuba » Matanzas » Tourism: Cuba tourism struggles as blackouts and shortages deter visitors
Cuba's tourism decline linked to blackouts, shortages, and labor issues Tourism Minister reports 2.2 million visitors, below 3.2 million target Canada and Germany issue travel warnings due to ...