Cigars, sugar cane and relatively cheap resorts only go so far.
I know several Canadians that love going to Cuba’s cheap beach resorts.
Based on the videos I have seen on YouTube there seems to be a lot of areas of Havana that are literally falling apart. There was trash everywhere just piled up. Only the tourists areas are kept relatively clean.
It seems like a good place to get a nice bacterial infection like Montezuma’s Revenge. Which I had once in Mexico 27 years ago. I did not go back to Mexico until Cabo put in a desalinization plant. I have been to Cabo twice. No Turista Trots either time.
Don’t forget the rum
Anything Cuba does, The Dominican Republic can do better.