13 Years Later : Varadero Closed Again To Cubans ...

[Nino]

Remember when Cubans were not allowed to enter Varadero and there was a check-point at the drawbridge entrance to the peninsula letting only hotel staff in ?

Well, apartheid is back again 13 years after it was lifted - Cubans are not allowed into Varadero and those who made reservations there have been told they are cancelled - but they will not receive their money back as the travel agency has no ... cash ( and we are talking Pesos here, not foreign currency ).

Que pais !

Varadero is closed to Cuban tourism, the Russians continue and the Canadians arrive

'Apartheid' is imposed again to discriminate against nationals in their own country

14ymedio, Havana | July 02, 2021

https://www.14ymedio.com/cuba/Cierran-Varadero-turismo-llegan-canadienses_0_3123287642.html

The complicated situation of the covid-19 pandemic in Matanzas has put an end to the holidays in Varadero. Except for foreigners. The main tourist pole of the island is closed to national tourism as of today, according to the journalist Bárbara Vasallo, from the Cuban News Agency.

Despite the significance of the news, which affects the summer vacations of thousands of Cubans, the news was advanced last Monday through a post from the Cubatur Travel Agency and has not been released by any official media. According to the company, reservations for tourist accommodation are suspended with the "objective of reducing the mobility of the population."

Cubatur cancels reservations in Varadero but does not have cash to refund

"They tell us that there is not enough money to return all customers," complain those affected

Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana | July 02, 2021

https://www.14ymedio.com/cuba/Cubatur-Varadero-coronavirus-covid-19-turismo_0_3123287647.html

The Cubatur Travel Agency office located on the ground floor of the Habana Libre hotel woke up this Friday with a swarm of clients. All of them, upset after the Government's announcement to suspend reservations made by Cubans residing on the island for the first half of July in Varadero hotels.

"They are calling the people who booked between July 1 and 15 to come to the office to change their package for after September or request a refund of their money," a client who approached the premises explained to 14ymedio. cancel the package you booked at a hotel in mid-May at that same office.

However, the biggest problem that customers face is not the limitation of movements, or the risk of standing in a long queue, but the hope of recovering their money is in vain.

"The queue that I found here is bigger than the one I had to do months ago to book. But apart from that, there are already his dislikes because he is not reaching the money to return all the customers," complains a young woman who also He went to the office and showed some hope of going home with the cash.

"I put my money there, on the table and they have to give it back to me. How can they not have money?" She cried out indignantly. "Everything here is like this, to collect and collect is very easy but to return they give their sandpaper". Before your turn comes, you can finish the money that the agency allocated to deliver this Friday.

[madandana]

Sucks! Can’t seem to catch a break can they?

[dealsrme]

Sounds about right. Awful for the locals.


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