A total of 22,200 trips from China to Cuba were made in 2013, up 18 percent year-on-year, the Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday, citing latest data from the Cuban embassy in China.

Many Chinese visitors chose Cuba for healthcare tours, where medical treatment services for lung cancer, diabetes and strokes are high-end and renowned, said Frank Pais Oltuski Rodriguez, vice president of marketing in Cuba's Gaviota Tours Group.