March 4 (UPI) -- Cuba is on its way to seeing a growth in annual tourism to the island of at least 5 million visitors this year, officials said Monday.
Tourism minister Manuel Marrero said as of Sunday, Cuba had already seen 1 million visitors -- reaching the mark five days sooner than last year. His said his agency will ratify this week a goal of 5 million visitors for this year, which would be an increase of 6.4 percent from 4.7 million in 2018.