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Cuba's visitor arrivals decline by 4.9 pct in January Published on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 Email To Friend    Print Version (ACN) -- Cuba received 254,845 visitors in January 2010, a 4.9% decline over the same month the previous year, according to a report published by the Ministry of Tourism website. According to the data supplied by the Statistics National Office (ONE by its Spanish acronym), this figure represents 13 270 visitors fewer than in January 2009. However, it translates in a 2.6 percent increase from 2008, and 15.2 from 2007. In 2009, the Caribbean nation received 2,429,809 visitors, a 3.5 percent increase over 2008, but the revenues showed a 148 million dollar decline, mainly due to the US dollar weakness. Canada has remained as the main source market, with 900 000 tourists, followed by the UK, Spain, Italy and France in that order.   Reads : 27 Back... Comments: No comments on this topic yet. Be the first one to submit a comment. Back... Send us your comments!   Send us your comments on this article for publication in our Readers' Forum or as a Letter to the Editor. All fields are required and in the interest of openness and transparency we will no longer accept anonymous submissions. We therefore request that all submissions include a name for publication, regardless of content. We will in special circumstances protect a writer's identity only after we have established good cause for anonymity, otherwise we will not be able to publish the submission. For your contribution to reach us, you must (a) provide a valid e-mail address and (b) click on the validation link that will be sent to the e-mail address you provide.  If the address is not valid or you don't click on the validation link, it will be a waste of your time typing your submission because we will never see it! Your Name: Your Email: (Validation required) Comments: Enter Validation Code *