Cuba Opens Tourism to New Players in Broad Reform Push as US Sanctions Tighten
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Updated · Euronews · Jun 12
Cuba Opens Tourism to New Players in Broad Reform Push as US Sanctions Tighten
3 articles · Updated · Euronews · Jun 12
Summary
Díaz-Canel said Cuba will let “new players” and “new modalities” use state-owned hotel capacity, a notable shift for a tourism sector battered since COVID and worsened by US sanctions.
The wider package also scraps state import companies’ intermediary role, eases vehicle imports and gives agriculture more direct access to inputs, foreign exchange and fewer bureaucratic hurdles.
He paired the market-opening steps with state changes, including plans to cut ministries and gradually replace universal subsidies with more targeted support for vulnerable groups.
The reforms still need review by Cuba’s political bodies in coming weeks, as Havana tries to revive an economy strained by fuel shortages, food insecurity and a long-running US embargo.