who ran cuba before fidel castro took over owned businesses or were part of the government of flujencio bautista. many fled to florida where they now campaign for the overturn of castro. >> reporter: now several families share the space. flora sotolongo still remember it is old days. >> and how are things now? >> here we're living but i don't know how good it is. >> reporter: however if you have dollars you can get most anything. >> reporter: the biggest source of dollars is tourism. despite the mafia run hotels and casinos that helped set the stage for the revolution, cuba has once again turned to foreign visitors for hard cash. last year almost 1 million foreigners came to cuban resorts and spent a report $1.3 million. this is the island's biggest resort center, guadadero beach 100 miles east of havana. >> for us at this time tourism is one of the most important things in this country. we are exploiting it to the maximum. >> reporter: near by new hotels are going up. most of the tourists come from europe or canada. >> castro has said it was a great time, have a great time here. the people were