Urinals ‘Out of Order’ in Cuba’s Largest Airport

Urinals 'Out of Order' in Cuba's Largest Airport / 14ymedio, Marcelo
Hernandez

14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, Havana, 22 January 2017 — A Canadian
tourist thought he had seen everything in Cuba, but just a few minutes
before boarding his flight he decided to use the bathroom in Terminal 3
of Havana's Jose Marti International Airport. There, like a realist
stage set to represent the indolence that runs the Island, he found that
no urinals were available.

For months the bathrooms of the main air terminal of the country have
suffered a gradual and unstoppable deterioration. A situation that is
exacerbated by the increase in travelers who passed through during 2016,
when a world record was reached for the growth rate in passenger
arrivals on commercial flights. Technical breakdowns include water
supply problems, a lack of toilet paper and attempts by employees to
charge customers a fee, not legally established, for the use of the service.

Some 50% more international travelers arrived through the famous airport
in a year that also set a new record for tourism, more than four million
visitors. They were able to obtain, first-hand, an advance view of what
they would find in the country, or a last look, in the best style of
Cuban inefficiency.

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