Cuban non-state initiative in tourism grows in 2015

With more than 8,000 rooms, the non-state sector of the Cuban economy stands out with excellent results so far of 2015. These rooms dedicated to the accommodation of the international tourism and also near 1600 "paladares" or restaurants run by independent owners who pay their contributions and taxes to the Cuban state, which is a perfect complement increasingly popular among lovers of Cuban cities and fields.

The small Cuban tourist businesses are fundamentally shaped by hotels or houses for rent mostly in major cities and nearby natural sites and beaches in the country; and a wide range of "paladares" or restaurants, which offer numerous culinary offerings ready to delight any requirement.

In the first quarter of 2015 the results were surprisingly positive with increasing number of tourist arrivals by 15% compared to the same period last year, recently announced in Varadero by the Cuban Tourism Minister Manuel Marrero, and some of those numbers due to the remarkable growth experienced both in number and quality of the various forms of non-state small business that focus on capturing the attention of international visitors, an emerging sector that could mean for the foreseeable future an incentive for competition and raising the service quality indices, a recurring complaint of tourists visiting the island.