Who Works in Castro's Tourism Sector?

As we all know, the tourism sector in Cuba is owned and operated by the Castro regime's military.

In a series of tweets today, blogger Yoani Sanchez reminds us of the realities of this sector.

We've compiled her tweets below.

She begins by asking rhetorically, "why do jobs in the tourism sector appear so attractive if the salaries are so low?"

After all, as an example, "a foreign company pays the Cuban government $600 per month for one hotel cook, but the cook gets 400 pesos (1 USD = 26 pesos)."

The answer is "because in a hotel, one can divert resources, steal products and obtain tips."

"That's why so many engineers, professors, jurists and even doctors abandon their professions and look for spots in tourism."

However, "to be a cook in a hotel you need to pass an ideological filter because the employment agency is a government monopoly."

Thus, the Castro regime's "employment agency 'verifies' the background of those seeking a position in their neighborhood and in their prior workplace."

"If the neighborhood watch committee (Committee for Defense of the Revolution, CDR) says the person 'is not very militant' he will not get a cook position in a hotel."

And, of course, "a government critic or dissident would NEVER be able to get a job in tourism."

"That's why so many ex-military, their sons, Communist Party militants and the 'politically correct' work in the tourism sector."