MADRID, Spain – Cuba received a total of 1,680,485 visitors during the first half of 2024, according to official figures from the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI). Although this number represents a 101.1% increase compared to the previous year, it barely reflects a 0.9% increase compared to the same period in 2023. This figure shows that the Cuban tourism sector is still far from reaching the regime’s goal of attracting 3.2 million tourists in 2024.
The negative trend has continued, with the third consecutive month of decline in the arrival of international visitors. Last June, only 134,948 tourists visited the Island, compared to 154,590 in the same month of the previous year.
Canada remains the main source market, although its visitors slightly decreased from 583,027 in 2023 to 577,549 in 2024. The arrival of Cubans residing abroad also fell from 176,349 to 155,320. In c