Cuba: More Golf Coming to the Island

By Larry Habegger | Permalink | No Comments | May 12th, 2010 | Trackback

Fidel loved baseball but clearly he has not been a fan of golf, because Cuba currently has only two golf courses, the other ten eliminated by the revolution in 1959. That is going to change soon, however, because the tourism ministry announced a new policy to allow foreign companies to build new tourism facilities in Cuba, including at least ten golf courses, marinas and other developments. The move is an effort to increase tourism revenue, which accounts for about 20 percent of Cuba’s foreign exchange income. And evidently betting on the eventual lifting of the 48-year-old U.S. embargo, officials have sanctioned the building of a huge marina hoping to lure U.S. sailors.

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