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February 5, 2002



FROM CUBA

Cuban tourism results poor in 2001

Oscar Espinosa Chepe

HAVANA, February (www.cubanet.org) - The Cuban tourism industry welcomed barely 555 more visitors in 2001 than in 2000, said the minister of tourism Ibrahim Ferrarás in a TV interview here.

The total number of foreign visitors for 2001 was 1,774,541, compared to 1,773,986 the previous year. The industry expected 2 million tourists for the year.

In 2000, the number of tourists visiting the island grew by more than 10 percent relative to the year before. Yet, gross income in hard currency only went up 2 percent, according to government sources.

Minister Ferrarás did not provide income figures for 2001. The plan called for 2230.9 million dollars, which would have represented a 15 percent increase over 2000.

The poor results in the tourism sector (the main source of income for Cuba) casts doubt in the forecast of 3 percent growth in GDP announced during the December session of the National Assembly.


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