Tourists: by the left, march

摘要

It is no exaggeration to say that for the past decade, foreign tourists have kept Cuba and its Communist revolution alive. Over that period, the industry has averaged double-digit growth and a healthy 25% profit on sales, coming to the island's rescue when the collapse of the Soviet Union removed its previous economic lifeline. In 2003, the tourist industry had sales of $2.1 billion and provided almost half of Cuba's total hard-currency revenues. So far this year, arrivals are up 12%. .