Cuba tourist arrivals hit record in 2014

Cuba said it welcomed a record three million international visitors in 2014, a rare bit of good news for the moribund economy which counts tourism as one of its mainstays.

 
"Today we have broken a record. We have welcomed  three million international tourists in 2014, up 5.3 percent from last year," state
television reported.  Tourism is Cuba's third largest hard-currency earning pillar, bringing  in $2.5 billion last year.