In his paper “The Tourism Industry in the Caribbean after Castro,” Art Padilla makes his case. His historical analysis of the tourism industry in the Caribbean and particularly in Cuba reflects an exhaustive research effort on the growth of the industry in the region. Cuba’s impressive tourism industry development in just over ten years can […]
Impact of September Eleven on Tourism Activities in Cuba and in the Caribbean
EFFECTS OF SEPTEMBER 11 ON WORLD TOURISM Tourism has grown almost routinely for more than 50 years and has recovered rapidly from many crises. However, the repercussions of September 11, 2001 (9/11) have threatened to end the run. International tourism revenues have grown every year since the Second World War. Conflicts such as the 1991 […]
Cuba’s Tourism: Critique of Three Papers
Notes1 Three papers have been presented to the panel on Cuban Tourism on diverse topics: 1. The Cuban Tourism Industry and Perfeccionamiento Empresarial by Artimus Keiffer. The “entrepreneurial perfectionism,” a series of rules designed to regulate the administration of the Cuban enterprises that are the backbone of the economic recovery strategy after the demise of […]
A Comparison of Cuba’s Tourism Industy with the Dominican Republic and Cancún, 1988–1999
In order to evaluate the potential for increased tourism to Cuba, it is important to consider its performance in the context of other competitive destinations of a similar nature. In this paper, we compare the past and present performance of Cuba to both the Dominican Republic and to Cancún. Puerto Rico, with its Spanish heritage, […]
Forty Years After: A Candid Recount of Experiences at Tourism Destinations in Cuba
Notes1 For many of the last forty years I dedicated my career to the tourism and hospitality industry. I began as Comptroller of the famous Havana Hilton Hotel, continuing in the area of hotel development and finance in the United States, Chile, Italy, Brazil, Argentina, Saint Maarten, Mexico, Honduras, Colombia, and other Latin American and […]