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Jardines del Rey airport prepared for high tourism season

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The arrival of flights from Canada and Russia is expected and work is being done to operate larger aircraft. Although with a slight delay in the runway improvements, the Jardines del Rey International Airport is almost ready for the start of the high season of tourist operations in the Ciego de Ávila hub, scheduled for the month of November. As Lester Guisán Valdés, General Coordinator of the airport, explained to Invasor, the paving works on the runway are essential to operate larger aircraft (more than 300 passengers)

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More than a million travelers arrived in Cuba between January and August 2022

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The figures offer indications of the gradual recovery of the tourism sector in the Caribbean nation after the collapse of visitors in 2021. The National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI) reported this Friday that between January and August 2022 Cuba received 1,396,921 travelers, representing a 556.1% year-on-year increase. According to the ONEI, the Island received 1,145,743 more travelers than in the same period of 2021, understanding as such any person who travels between two or more different countries.