Executive Director of International Institute of Tourism Studies Kristin Lamoureux pointed out that due to the country's proximity to the United States, dual US-Cuba trips for visitors from other parts of the world and Americans travelling there could be witnessed more frequently.

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Cuba said it welcomed a record three million international visitors in 2014, a rare bit of good news for the moribund economy which counts tourism as one of its mainstays. "Today we have broken a record. We have welcomed three million international tourists in 2014, up 5.3 percent from last year," state television reported.