http://www.hotelchatter.com/ Hotel Reviews, Hotel Ratings, Hotel Openings en-us Copyright 2008 - SFO Media 2012-02-14T12:26:04Z HotelChatter HotelChatter http://www.hotelchatter.com/images/hcwhite.jpg http://www.hotelchatter.com/tag/Havana%20Hotels http://www.hotelchatter.com/story/2008/3/31/165232/199 <![CDATA[<p><img src="http://www.hotelchatter.com/files/admin/nacionalcuba.jpg" class="imgborder"><p><i>The Hotel Nacional de Cuba is one of the hotels that will allow its countrymen to stay there now.</i><p>Some big news on the <a href="http://www.jaunted.com/tag/cuba%20travel"><b>Cuban tourism</b></a> front today: Cubans can now stay in hotels that were typically reserved for foreign tourists.<blockquote><p>Cubans will be allowed to stay in the hotels beginning at midnight Monday, said employees at several Havana hotels. Word of the change came from Tourism Ministry officials, the employees said.</blockquote></p><p>Sadly, this initiative is largely symbolic as many Cubans can't afford the hotel room prices which range from $60 to more than $200 a night. The average income in the country is $20 a month. <p>For years under Fidel Castro's rules, Cubans could not stay in their own juliana 2008-03-31T17:03:33-05:00 Search HotelChatter string http://www.hotelchatter.com/search/