El turismo en Cuba no es para los cubanos

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El turismo en Cuba no es para los cubanos. Un recorrido por la Habana de noche muestra una capital desolada con lugares de diversión al que no tienen acceso los ciudadanos que viven de su salario.

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00:00 Look at the parks, how loneliness prevails.

00:03 As you can see, there are no streetlights, there are no public lights,

00:07 only the lights of the houses and the hotels.

00:10 They have their doors open, but empty.

00:13 There is no tourism on the island.

00:15 Tourists are afraid to come to the island because they are attacked, harassed, robbed.

00:23 San Ignacio Street. San Ignacio Street is very well known.

00:31 It is a very busy street.

00:37 There are many private businesses, private businesses,

00:46 and many businesses that are also related to the tyranny of the Castros.

00:52 Look at how the places are, empty.

01:13 Because tourists do not visit the island. There is no clientele, there is no tourism.

01:23 Look at how garbage prevails in the city.

01:27 There is no tourism.

01:30 Cubans do not have enough money to visit a bar, to sit down, to order a drink or something to eat,

01:48 since they do not earn enough money to consume the place.

01:59 Look at the parks, how loneliness prevails in the parks of the capital.

02:15 Look at how the whole city is shown.

02:18 At only nine thirty at night, it will take ten minutes to a quarter.

02:29 In the streets, as you can see, there are no streetlights, there are no public lights,

02:38 only the streetlights of the houses and the private places have bulbs, have good lights.

02:58 Here we are arriving at the famous Calle Obrapia, a street well known in the city, with many stories.

03:09 Calle Obrapia, between San Ignacio and Mercaderes.

03:25 Here the painting of the old café Prex still prevails.

03:33 Only private businesses, we continue down the street of San Ignacio,

03:46 only private businesses and the famous Mipime are the ones that have to offer to the population.

03:56 And that is why loneliness prevails, because economically there is no place to sit down like what you see here on the screen.

04:08 We continue the tour of the street of San Ignacio.

04:14 The famous Hotel Abaguané.

04:18 Look here, how loneliness prevails in the hotels.

04:31 They have their doors open, but empty. There is no tourism on the island.

04:38 Tourists are afraid to come to the island because they are attacked, harassed, robbed,

04:46 for the high prices that are currently presented.

04:53 We are approaching the Plaza Vieja, another site very frequented by tourists and by the Cuban on foot.

05:08 Here on the island.

05:10 And I repeat again, look how all the private bars are located.

05:19 Totally empty, for the reason of the prices.

05:30 The prices that do not allow the Cuban on foot to sit down,

05:37 to share with the family a drink, a lunch, a juice, a coffee.

05:47 All the places are empty in the city.

06:07 Look how it is.

06:10 All empty.

06:16 Nobody has money to sit down in a place like this.

06:22 The Barrio de la Catedral.

06:49 Look at the brewery of the Plaza Vieja, closed.

06:55 There are no customers. The government does not have to offer.

07:02 These places previously dominated, full of people,

07:10 full of tourists, Cubans, who visited the site.

07:17 We are finishing the tour here at the Bar La Vitrola.

07:22 Very famous, it is the only one I see that has a little more visitors.

07:27 Reporting for ND Cuba, Pedro Quiala, Julio Cesar Góngora.

07:33 End of the tour.

07:38 (upbeat music)

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