Gaviota, GAESA’s tourism group, was making 42% net profits in the first quarter of 2024, double the average in the global tourism industry. But it all fell apart as the non-stop construction of hotels ...

Back in 1962, when President John F. Kennedy enforced a trade embargo between the US and Cuba, travel between the countries became illegal. It was a travel ban that would remain in place for almost ...

Cuba's once‑strong tourism industry -- long one of the island's biggest economic pillars -- is now facing a serious downturn.

When US President Barack Obama stepped off Air Force One onto Cuban soil in 2016, he was one of around four million visitors to the island that year. A record high at the time, Cuba's visitor numbers ...

International travel to Cuba is tumbling, putting the cash-strapped communist island on track for its worst showing since the pandemic. The island received 1.4 million foreign visitors during the ...

A 25-story hotel rising in Havana’s Vedado district nears completion, built by foreign contractors as Cuba’s tourism sector struggles under sanctions and low occupancy. The towering project highlights ...

Travel and Tourism Restrictions are in place for Jamaica and Cuba. While Hurricane Melissa passed Jamaica and the country will soon be waking up and able to assess the situation, including damages, ...

After Americans flocked to Havana following President Barack Obama’s historic restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2015, the island’s most powerful entity, the military, made a big bet: ...