Private Cuban tourism industry prepares for US influx Cuba has experienced a tourism "boom" since its rapprochement with the US. Though private tourism operators have profited, some doubt the island's growing non-state-controlled industry is ready to host millions of new visitors. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES. **REFILE TO SPECIFY TOURISM OPERATORS ARE NOT STATE-CONTROLLED, BUT PART OF THE COMMUNIST ISLAND'S LIMITED PRIVATE INDUSTRY**