VARADERO, Matanzas.— Varadero, the sun and beach capital of Cuba, reaffirmed its status as one of the world’s premier beach resorts receiving its 1 millionth visitor on December 30 to close out the year.
This is the second consecutive year that Varadero has recorded 1 million visits and a celebration will be held at the Juan Gualberto Gómez Airport in Varadero on Wednesday.
In the 1950s, Varadero was a modest resort with some 15 hotels, several guest houses, and a few nightspots and casinos. During the first few months following the 1959 triumph of the Cuban Revolution, the new administration began to embark on a vigorous project of building social works in the area such as the Parque de las 8 000 Taquillas, and several residential neighborhoods and fishermen neighborhoods.
In 1976, Varadero became a municipality and in the 1980s the first tourist hotels built by the revolutionary government were inaugurated: the Atabey and the Siboney. In the 1990s the resort underwent a major expansion and continues to grow.
Currently Varadero offers a total of 48 hotels and a wide array of restaurants, cafeterias, marinas, shops and stores; an airport; a golf course; a dolphin aquarium; and a hotel and tourism school.
Some 40 percent of tourists who visit Cuba stay at Varadero known as the blue beach resort. More than 86 percent of hotel rooms are of 4 and 5 Stars, which, together with more than 20 kilometers of some of the worlds best beach, have made this one of the most popular beach destinations in the Caribbean.
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