Cuba to open Islands for tourists on July 1

Since July 1, the Cuban government has allowed foreign tourists to stay on five coral Islands in the North and South-East of the country and opened ticket sales, Report says, citing RIA Novosti.

Cuba will reopen operations to international tourism in several of its nearby keys as of next July 1 within the progressive post-COVID-19 plan of de-escalation that started this Thursday in all the island’s territories, except for the provinces of Havana and Matanzas.

The Cuban government announced last week the launch of a recovery process―which in its first stage includes three phases―after declaring the coronavirus pandemic controlled in the country, currently without active cases in 13 of its 15 provinces and the particular municipality of Isla de la Juventud.

The reopening of tourism, one of the sectors hardest hit by the pandemic in Cuba, in the first phase will be only for the local market, with the application of a series of measures and hygienic-sanitary protocols, as explained by Minister of Tourism Juan Carlos García Granda in a television appearance.

Operations for foreign visitors will begin on July 1―in the second phase of the de-escalation, as announced by the Cuban minister of tourism. Tourist tourism agencies will be able to start marketing visits to Cayo Cruz, Cayo Coco, Cayo Guillermo, Cayo Largo, and Cayo Santa María.