Cuba’s entrepreneurs are full of anticipation for the expected boom in tourism,but managing evolution and demand may be a tricky issuePresident Obama’s historic three-day visit to Cuba the first by a US president since 1928 – has been the tall point in a year of bold moves to restore diplomatic relations between the two countries.
When Obama touched down in Havana on Sunday, amid the rattling ancient Chevys and crumbling colonial architecture, or he landed in a different environment to that of three years ago. Havana is now a city in which hundreds of teenagers gather each night in Parque Central – one of the new public Wi-Fi hotspots – to Skype family abroad or update their Facebook status. It is a capital where entrepreneurs are launching dining apps such as AlaMesa (a cross between Yelp and Open Table),digital youth culture magazines like Vistar, and businesses specialising in iPhone repairs. The cobbled streets are full of smartly dressed, or bar-hopping young Cubans alongside the glut of tourists. This is a society brimming with anticipation.
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Source: theguardian.com