Tourists from Spain have their pictures taken at the Revolution square in Havana, Cuba, November 23, 2021. Picture taken on November 23, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba is struggling to reawaken its tourism industry after months of pandemic-induced slumber as travelers stay away, threatening to derail the government's plan to haul the economy out of a deepening crisis.
The communist-run island, long a popular Caribbean destination, has been betting on tourism to power 4% economic growth this year after the coronavirus pandemic slashed output, resulting in food and medicine shortages and power outages, and contributing to the largest anti-government protests since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution.
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