El Presidente Posted September 24, 2024 Posted September 24, 2024 Cuban tourism falls further short of 3 million visitors expected in 2024 By the end of August, the island received only 96.5% of the tourists who arrived in the same period last year. Official forecasts seem very difficult to meet. https://oncubanews.com/en/cuba/cuban-tourism-falls-further-short-of-3-million-visitors-expected-in-2024/
SCgarman Posted September 24, 2024 Posted September 24, 2024 "What incentive is there to go there? Certainly not cheap cigars, world class cuisine or cheap resorts. 2 1
avitus Posted September 24, 2024 Posted September 24, 2024 4 hours ago, SCgarman said: "What incentive is there to go there? Certainly not cheap cigars, world class cuisine or cheap resorts. Money, that's the reason. Cuban resorts are crazy cheap right now. They desperately need cash so current prices are super low. Food is decent, yes, shortages on everything, yes. But imagine for a second, here in Ontario to rent just a cottage for a week would be more expensive than to go to a brand new all-inclusive hotel in Cuba (flight & transfer included). And speaking of cigars they are at least twice cheaper on the island than here in Canada. Friend of mine brought me a box of Epicure No.2 this June from Cayo Santa Maria duty free. He paid approximately $595CAD after conversion. Cheapest option here is $1016CAD. He also told me there were lots of tourists from Latin America on the resort because with current prices it became affordable. 1
VeguerosMAN Posted September 25, 2024 Posted September 25, 2024 21 hours ago, avitus said: Money, that's the reason. Cuban resorts are crazy cheap right now. They desperately need cash so current prices are super low. Food is decent, yes, shortages on everything, yes. But imagine for a second, here in Ontario to rent just a cottage for a week would be more expensive than to go to a brand new all-inclusive hotel in Cuba (flight & transfer included). And speaking of cigars they are at least twice cheaper on the island than here in Canada. Friend of mine brought me a box of Epicure No.2 this June from Cayo Santa Maria duty free. He paid approximately $595CAD after conversion. Cheapest option here is $1016CAD. He also told me there were lots of tourists from Latin America on the resort because with current prices it became affordable. Perhaps it's the best time to go to Cuba now for cheap bastards like me.
ha_banos Posted September 25, 2024 Posted September 25, 2024 52 minutes ago, VeguerosMAN said: Perhaps it's the best time to go to Cuba now for cheap bastards like me. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAROJ0su4_z/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet 🥺 2
SCgarman Posted September 25, 2024 Posted September 25, 2024 51 minutes ago, ha_banos said: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DAROJ0su4_z/?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet 🥺 Is that Cuba or a recent pic of downtown San Francisco? 3
ha_banos Posted September 25, 2024 Posted September 25, 2024 35 minutes ago, SCgarman said: Is that Cuba or a recent pic of downtown San Francisco? Havana. But interesting comment!
KCCubano Posted September 25, 2024 Posted September 25, 2024 4 hours ago, SCgarman said: Is that Cuba or a recent pic of downtown San Francisco? Dig through that heap long enough u may find Gavin Newsom. 2
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