HAVANA, Cuba, CMC—The federal government of Cuba says that beginning July 1, all worldwide vacationers might want to receive an digital visa as a part of up to date immigration procedures aimed toward digitizing and streamlining entry processes.
In keeping with the Cuban Ministry of Tourism, Canadian vacationers stay exempt from visa charges included of their airfare. Nonetheless, they need to nonetheless full the D’Viajeros on-line type inside the week earlier than journey and current a QR code upon arrival.
Vacationers from different nations should apply for an eVisa via the eVisaCuba platform and full the D’Viajeros type earlier than entry.
These adjustments come amid a decline in tourism. Official information from the Nationwide Workplace of Statistics and Info (ONEI) present that solely 196,004 worldwide vacationers visited Cuba in January 2025—the bottom high-season determine since 2022 and a pointy drop from 259,898 in January 2024 and 249,255 in January 2023.
Excluding the COVID-19 years, that is the bottom January tourism quantity since 2007.