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Cuba reopens but faces challenge wooing back tourists

HAVANA, Cuba (AFP) - Cuba is reopening its doors to foreign tourists after an eight-month shutdown due to the novel coronavirus pandemic, but the cash-strapped country faces an uphill struggle to woo back wary travellers.Tourism chiefs are banking on the island's track record of keeping the virus in check to win back holidaymakers.

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