International Tourism System - Cuba

Running Head: INTERNATIONAL TOURISM SYSTEM- CUBA
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International
Tourism System
Cuba
Student’s Details
10/3/2019

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Executive Summary
The report below describes the global tourism system in Cuba. Cuba is the largest island in the
West Indies group, located in the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean Sea, and the Atlantic Ocean in
the northern Caribbean. The beauty of this island attracts people to it and attracts people to visit
this destination. The presented report described the attraction of the destination based on the
historical development of Cuba, international visitor analysis and motivation, satisfaction and the
principle of attraction. Subsequently, the report discusses the effects of tourism on Cuba's host
community which is affected in both positive and negative ways. The International Tourism
System report also analyzed issues of Cuban development and tourism policies. Finally, the
report concluded that Cuba needed to improve the tourism industry to attract more visitors.

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Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Historical overview of tourism development in Cuba.....................................................................3
International Tourism Visitation......................................................................................................4
Destination Attractiveness...............................................................................................................4
Host community impacts of tourism................................................................................................5
Positive Impacts...........................................................................................................................5
Negative Impacts..........................................................................................................................6
Destination development issue analysis..........................................................................................6
Tourism policy issue analysis..........................................................................................................8
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................9
References List..............................................................................................................................10

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Introduction
In the industry of tourism, Cuba is increasing its business because of colonial architecture,
favorable climate, cultural history, and beaches. Cuba is located at the meet point of Gulf of
Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and Atlantic Ocean in the Northern Caribbean. It is the largest island of
the West Indies group. The following report will discuss the historical tourism development in
Cuba and analyze the international tourism visitation of Cuba (Latin America Initiative,
2016). The report will also highlight the attractiveness of the destination with the help of theory
motivation, satisfaction, and attraction. In this report the impact of tourism activities and the
development of the place will be critically analyzed at the destination.
Historical overview of tourism development in Cuba
These days, tourism industry is at boom and it is increasing day by day. In 1990, the economic
strategy refinancing in Cuba started to adopt tourism as one of the fundamental pillars. Cuba has
however emerged as a tourist destination, with serious social ramifications such as prostitution,
gambling, and other vices. After the Cuban transformation in 1959, be that as it may, the travel
industry for all intents and purposes vanished from the island. Some portion of the explanation,
obviously, was that the United States market evaporated because of the U.S. embargo. In any
case, more fundamentally, Cuba's technique for monetary and social advancement did not
consider traveler action as key to the fate of the island (Dimanche & Reisinger, 2010).
The travel industry, in the long run, turned out to be increasingly significant in light of the fact
that it spoke to a huge gathering of ventures that could produce hard money. Cuba's Economy
Resolution 1997 has emphasized the need to finance other important activities to develop the
economy producing areas of scarce currency, meaning that it could be the role of tourism in the
state's economy. To achieve this, it has set a goal: to attract more than two million tourists in the
country and travel business, to earn more than $ 2,600 million in 2000 (Espino, 2014).
Accordingly, the travel industry, in ten years of supported improvement, has been changed over
into the most unique segment of the Cuban economy. One-fourth of the interests in Cuba have
been made in the travel industry. It has contributed a noteworthy 43% to the equalization of
installments toward the decade's end, more than some other industry. In just under a decade,