“since June 18, the travel Agency can book package tours, starting from the first of July. While we turn to tourist destinations such as Cayo Santa Maria, Cayo Coco, Cayo Guillermo, Cayo Cruz and Cayo Largo del sur,” said the Minister. So the restrictions are partially removed after almost three months: borders to foreign tourists, the Cuban government shut down on March 24 as one of the measures to combat the spread of coronavirus on the Island. During this time, the pandemic has been contained and gradually the country is beginning to return to normal life.
While travelers will face some restrictions. Leave open resorts will be: excursions are possible only within the designated tourist areas and see Havana until you get it. To get to Cuba at this stage will only be possible by Charter flights to airports located directly on the open resorts or in the immediate vicinity of the resumption of regular flights are still delayed.
“We have developed a specific sanitation protocols that comply with the recommendations of who and the world tourism organization,” said Garcia. The Minister explained that it is, for example, of the part-time occupancy of hotels. In addition, hotels will be on duty nurses with special training. On arrival travellers can conduct PCR testing. While in full force in hotels do not work pools and discos: at the same time there will be allowed no more than 50% of the calculated capacity. You can rent a car though to move on it will only be possible within the selected resort area.
the Minister also announced that from June 18 to resume domestic tourism in all regions of Cuba, which came in the first phase of removing quarantine restrictions. Thus, the Cubans with respect to the usual measures of social distancing will be able to relax in all provinces except Matanzas, as well as the capital region, where we have introduced the measures remain. However, it will not be the same hotel where the first of July will come the foreigners: while foreign guests will relax in reserved only for them resorts.
Full-scale resumption familiar to many Cuban tourism – a mixture of beach holiday and tours of historic sights with the obligatory visit to the famous Cuban bars – will only be possible when crossing the Island of Freedom to the third phase of the lifting of quarantine measures, that will depend solely on sanitary-epidemiological situation in connection with what to do any predictions on this score is premature.
