title: Making Travel to Cuba Work for Health and Sustainable Development.
abstract: In 2015, a record-breaking 3.5 million visitors-1 million from Canada alone-traveled to Cuba to explore its history, culture, natural splendor, and visit family. That same year, US President Barack Obama relaxed travel restrictions, giving general authorization for a dozen categories of legal travel by US citizens and residents. As a result, US visitors to the island ballooned by 80% between January 2015 and June 2016. And the numbers keep growing: the latest data show that foreign arrivals reached 4 million in 2016.[1] The surge in visitors highlights the potential negative impact of tourism on a developing country's infrastructure, environment, cultural patrimony and local economy-all considered important social determinants of health.
authors.forename: Conner
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gorry
mesh_terms: D003247:Conservation of Natural Resources; D003462:Cuba; D060766:Drinking Water / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D038622:Internationality; D014195:Travel / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*
chemical_list: D060766:Drinking Water