From our Bureau of Dark Moments in Apartheid Tourism
¡Qué lástima! What a pity! Leftists and apartheid lovers worldwide have been saddened by the news that Cuba is no longer attracting enough tourists.
The situation is so dire that Trucutú Díaz-Canel had to publicly admit that Castro, Inc.’s goal of 3.5 million tourists will not be met in 2023. Admitting such a failure doesn’t come easy for the puppet president.
Naturally, Trucutú blamed this crisis on the U.S. rather than on the poor quality of the food and entertainment offered by Castro, Inc.’s tourist industry and the depressingly shabby and poverty-ridden conditions that surround all of Cuba’s apartheid tourist facilities.
Perhaps they should launch a publicity blitzkrieg featuring Graciela and her fellow cigar ladies. She and her alluring cohort of cigar-chomping mammies could instantly convince millions of Europeans and Canadians to flock to Castrogonia.
Loosely translated from CiberCuba
President Miguel Díaz-Canel has already admitted that Cuba will not achieve the 3.5 million international tourists it hoped to receive this year, a blow to attempts to alleviate the economic crisis, but at the same time, a reality that does not surprise anyone.
Last week, when closing the X Legislature of the National Assembly, the president pointed out that the recovery of the tourism industry continues to be affected by the inclusion of Cuba on the list of countries that sponsor terrorism by the United States government, and by other issues related to logistics, fuel and energy.
“It will not achieve the 3.5 million visitors projected for the year, but it shows a growth rate that should exceed all indicators for 2021-2022, thanks to the recovery of the Cuba destination in stable issuing countries during the pre-pandemic stage,” he said.
So far this year, the country has received 1,309,000 international visitors, which is 20 percent below expectations. The figure represents only 51 percent of what was registered in the same period in 2019.
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You know, Graciela may be an esperpento, aka impresentable, but she’s also truly enlightening to those who care to see the truth. She is a graphic symbol of Cuba’s degradation, debasement and degeneracy, and I don’t mean that as any personal attack on her, because she’s doing the best she can and I respect that. Yes, it’s cheap kitsch and cheesy faux folklore, but again, this is what Cuba has devolved to.
Lord, the disgrace–and I don’t mean hers, but ours.
Funny and very true. Have to laugh to keep from crying.
It is not rocket science. Cuba had a nation wide protest two years ago that the entire world followed. The government response was violence, murder and a thousand people in jail. That does not give potential tourists a warm and fuzzy feeling about Cuba.
If Fidel was still alive he would mention that Cuba had more tourist last year than Syria. Yemen, Haiti and Ukraine.
In related news, Fidel was voted the most noble man in hell in 2022. He barely beat out a Colombian narc terrorist / child trafficker.. Many protested that the only reason he won was due to name recognition.
Asombra,
You have phrased that so perfectly, it’s poetic:
You know, Graciela may be an esperpento, aka impresentable, but she’s also truly enlightening to those who care to see the truth. She is a graphic symbol of Cuba’s degradation, debasement and degeneracy,
To my chagrin, I have seen Graciela on the cover of travel guides to Cuba! That’s how powerful of a symbol she’s become. By the way, you know that those mammies were the creation of the late Eusebio Leal Spenger, right? Those mammies even have licenses to make them official.
This is what happens when a man who hates the country of his birth takes over and is then followed by his family. There is no end to the degradation.
Leal was very big on catering to foreign tourists, especially in “his” fiefdom of Old Havana, to earn brownie points with his boss (who didn’t care at all about optics as long as the tourists liked it).