The government of Canada issued an alert on Wednesday recommending its citizens avoid non-essential travel…
The government of Canada issued an alert this Wednesday recommending its citizens avoid non-essential travel to Cuba and urging those on the island to leave the country due to increasing fuel shortages.
“Canadians are urged to leave the country while commercial flights remain available. Our government is working with airlines to help Canadians return home,” he said. in X Foreign Minister Anita Anand.
The travel warning explains that the “worsening shortages of fuel, electricity and basic commodities such as food, water and medicine” could also affect tourist centers. Moreover, he reminded that all Canadian airlines they suspended their services to Cuba.
Canada is the main market for visitors to Cuba, so the measure is a blow to tourism, one of the island’s few economic engines. In 2025, more than 40% of foreign visitors came from the North American country, according to Cuba’s National Bureau of Statistics and Information reported in February.
Hours earlier, Russia, the second country to send visitors to Cuba, had advertisement a suspension of flights and the evacuation of tourists due to the fuel crisis.
Additionally, it takes place in the middle of peak season (December through February), the time when it typically receives the most visitors from Canada.
“Canadian airlines will facilitate the return of their customers currently in Cuba and contact them directly,” the statement said. “If you don’t have a return ticket, look for a commercial option to leave the country,” he advised.
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