Number of lodging premises in Cuba 2021, by type

The majority of accommodation establishments in Cuba in 2021 were hotels, totaling 326. That same year, there were only three motels in the Caribbean country. Due to the COVID-19 impact of COVID-19 tourism, the total number of lodging premises in the Caribbean country went down by 14.2 percent.

Origin and type of tourism in Cuba

The world saw a massive fall on international tourism amid the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For that reason, domestic tourism was still the main source of the tourism spending in the Caribbean nation in 2021, accounting for three quarters of it. In the same year, leisure was the main travel purpose in Cuba, representing 93 percent of total tourism spending.

International visitors in Cuba

In 2021, roughly 357 thousand international tourist arrivals were recorded in Cuba – the lowest figure in years. Pre-pandemic values went as high as 4.1 million in 2017 and had been growing since 2013, when 2.5 million foreign visitors came to the island. Russia was the leading country of origin for international tourism in 2021, followed by Canada and the Cuban diaspora.