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CUBA
Slow tourism causes closure of Old Havana
hotels
HAVANA, September 21 (Ernesto Roque Cintero,
UPECI / www.cubanet.org)- Habaguanex, the
government entity that runs 12 hotels in
Old Havana, has closed two of them amid
speculation that more will follow suit.
An informed source attributed the decision
to close the O'Farrill and San Miguel hotels
to a fall-off in tourism. The modestly priced
hotels were among those patronized by many
Latin American and European tourists.
The hotels under the management of Habaguanex
include the Ambos Mundos, where writer Ernest
Hemingway wrote "For Whom the Bell
Tolls," the Santa Isabel, Raquel, Valencia,
Telégrafo, Beltrán and Conde
de Villanueva.
The government prohibits Cubans from staying
at hotels geared for the tourist trade,
saying that this would unjustly favor those
who receive dollars from relatives abroad.
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