Title: The Tourism Industry in Cuba

Content: <div id='article-page'><div id='article-content' data-media-url='//news-app-staging.s3.amazonaws.com' data-base-url='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com' data-sound-name='https://news-app-production.s3.amazonaws.com/articles/4801/C.wav' data-capture-url='//staging.analytics.lingraphica.com/events/capture_news' data-article-title='The Tourism Industry in Cuba' data-article-id='5326'><script src='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/javascripts/getscripts.js'></script><link rel='stylesheet' href='//news-app-staging.herokuapp.com/stylesheets/article.css' type='text/css' /><div class='article'><p><span data-start-time='0' data-end-time='6563'>Cuba wants more foreign visitors to come to the Communist country.</span> <span data-start-time='6563' data-end-time='18646'>The government opened beach resorts in November in an effort to help part of the economy that has been hurt by the spread of the coronavirus.</span> <span data-start-time='18646' data-end-time='29688'>Francisco Duran of the Ministry of Public Health said recently that around 1,000 visitors were entering Cuba daily. </span> <span data-start-time='29688' data-end-time='37396'>Most of them were going to resorts where COVID-19 policies have been effective. </span> <span data-start-time='37396' data-end-time='46146'>But a small number of visitors were going to the Cuban capital, some after visiting the beach.</span> <span data-start-time='46146' data-end-time='54875'>Cuba, like other Caribbean countries, depends heavily on foreign visitors, or tourists. </span> <span data-start-time='54875' data-end-time='61750'>Tourism represented about 10 percent of Cuba’s economy in 2019. </span> <span data-start-time='61750' data-end-time='67375'>But last year, the economy shrank by 11 percent.</span> </p></div><div class='control-buttons-sticky' style='display:none;'><div class='control-buttons'><button title='Back' class='back' disabled='disabled'></button><button title='Play' class='play' 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Cuba wants more foreign visitors to come to the Communist country. The government opened beach resorts in November in an effort to help part of the economy that has been hurt by the spread of the coronavirus. Francisco Duran of the Ministry of Public Health said recently that around 1,000 visitors were entering Cuba daily. Most of them were going to resorts where COVID-19 policies have been effective. But a small number of visitors were going to the Cuban capital, some after visiting the beach. Cuba, like other Caribbean countries, depends heavily on foreign visitors, or tourists. Tourism represented about 10 percent of Cuba’s economy in 2019. But last year, the economy shrank by 11 percent.

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