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Cuba's new encouragement of private enterprise is providing tourists with hundreds of new restaurants and casas throughout the island.
In the 400,000 population southern port city of Cienfuegos, private restaurants have jumped from two to 16 and there are now more than 100 home-based 'bed and breakfast' casas.
That is good news for tourists in the city that I called my part-time home for almost a decade.
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Thousands of new businesses have opened recently thanks to President Raul Castro's reform efforts, with farms replanted, new restaurants opening daily and streets buzzing even more with trade.
"In just 20 weeks Cuba increased the entrepreneurial sector by 50 percent via government-led reforms, and the people have responded. You can't scoff at that," said Cuba expert Phil Peters.
http://af.reuters.com/article/energyOilNews/idAFN2527224320110125?sp=true
