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• 11 / 19 / 2008

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If achieved, this municipality, 87 miles east of Havana, will reaffirm its prominence in the national tourism industry, as its beach is visited by 40 percent of tourists traveling to Cuba.

MINTUR delegate in Matanzas province Amado Acosta based the promising forecast on the fact that, despite the international economic crisis and the unwanted presence of hurricanes, tourist arrivals have increased.

"We continue growing everyday, as compared to the same period last year, which was great," he said.

(PL)