Cuba's Tourism Industry Hopes LGBTQ-Friendly Hotels Signal a New Era
Photo Credit: The Gran Muthu Rainbow Hotel is the first Cuban hotel geared toward the LGBTQ+ community Gran Muthu Rainbow
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Travel executives expect the hotels to help improve visibility for the LGBTQ+ community during a period when the government is considering a family code that, if approved, would legalize civil unions among same sex couples in Cuba.
Cuba is now home to two hotels specifically geared toward members of the LGBTQ+ community, which tourism officials believe is a major step forward for a country historically hostile to that segment of its population.
"It's a privilege to open the first hotel for the LGBTQ+ community in Cuba," said Judith Alfonso, the MGM Muthu Hotels' Cuba sales manager, about the launch of the five-star Gran Muthu Rainbow Hotel in Cayo Guillermo. The property, which first welcomed visitors in 2019, reopened last Decembe
