Not much comment needed here.
Same old, same old. The Associated Press might as well be considered a branch of the Castronoid Ministry of Truth.
Unfortunately, this arrangement works beautifully for the Castro Dynasty.
This latest “interview” granted to AP by “one of the country’s highest tourism officials” would have the world believe that there is such a thing as “private enterprise” in Castrogonia, and that Raul’s “reforms” are real.
Lookin’ good, Raul. Really good. You’re looking marvelous! And so are your happy tourists…..as well as those happy foreign journalists!!!
Cuba Begins to Unite Private Enterprise, Tourism
HAVANA — Sep 27, 2014, 12:03 AM ET
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Associated PressCuba’s state-run tourism industry is increasingly doing business with the country’s new class of private entrepreneurs, trying to improve quality of food and lodging while maintaining a grip on the sector’s biggest sources of foreign exchange.
One of the country’s highest tourism officials provided new details on the initiative in an interview with The Associated Press, saying two dozen restaurants for tourists have been converted into worker-owned cooperatives since January. Jose Manuel Bisbe, president of state tour operator Havanatur, also said his firm was sending tourists to hundreds of private bed-and-breakfasts instead of government hotels.
“The state must free itself from activities that aren’t decisive for the economy and that experience is showing function better privately,” he told the AP on Thursday. He said that some tourism-related businesses like bus transport and large-scale hotels would remain in state hands.
Tourism is one of Cuba’s top four generators of income, along with nickel mining, medical services and remittances from relatives living abroad.
More propaganda and distorted facts HERE, if you care to read further.