Except you can’t buy a beer or any kind of food on the beach - no vending, no private enterprise. The $ has all been poured in - more than 20 years ago Spain bought up most of that property. Ask your brother hoe he likes being at the bars and hotels on the beach that Cuban citizens can’t ho into.
My Cuban relatives on my wife’s side were talking about making a trip to Cuba. I told them in no uncertain terms that we will not go until Castro is gone.
He cannot go to the beaches either, he is a pilot for American Airlines. He is not allowed to leave the airport. He sees the resorts from the air and talks to people coming and going. He also flies with some guys who have gone. All he flies is Central America, South America and the Caribbean so I take him at his word on his knowledge of those areas.
20 years ago? Looks like the Canadians recently did some major work at Havana’s airport. South Africa appears to be ginning up projects there. 16 new golf courses are being built in 2011. Qatar is building a 5 star resort there. US hotel companies have been meeting with the Cubans as well.
The Cuba for tourists and the Cuba for Cubans is vastly different, I agree. With the money pouring in there at increasing levels for tourism, the Cubans will toss the Marxists, imho.