One of the long anticipated, soon-to-be "hot" new destination is Cuba. While Europeans and Canadians are visiting Cuba, Americans, due to political reasons, have been severely limited in booking vacation packages to Cuba.
While travel to Cuba is open to Cuban-Americans, it is still highly restricted for other Americans. While recent announcements were made by some tour operators about upcoming travel vacation packages, these have now pulled back from the market. Some of the problems have to do with strict requirements on how funds can be handled. Another is the higher cost being assessed for U.S. visitors. While Obama has moved to lessen travel restrictions, it's hard to know whether a possible change in administration will further tighten requirements. Here's a recent Miami Herald article.
From the Cuban perspective, while tourism dollars would do wonders to provide improvements, there's probably fear on the impact mass tourism will have. While for some Americans that have visited Cuba on humanitarian exchanges in recent years, the experience was somewhat reminiscent of visiting Russia in the early '70's. Likewise, the infrastructure in Cuba is quite limited, in terms of hotels, guides, rental cars and access for tour busses.
One of our partner suppliers, who is licensed to engage in travel-related transactions involving Cuba, is planning on operating trips between February and May. The programs will be escorted by a noted authority on Cuba, and visits are planned with local professionals, artists, private homes, community projects and a tobacco farm. We stay tuned for more opportunities for Americans to visit Cuba.
For tours to Cuba operated by US suppliers, contact one of our travel agency for more information.
While travel to Cuba is open to Cuban-Americans, it is still highly restricted for other Americans. While recent announcements were made by some tour operators about upcoming travel vacation packages, these have now pulled back from the market. Some of the problems have to do with strict requirements on how funds can be handled. Another is the higher cost being assessed for U.S. visitors. While Obama has moved to lessen travel restrictions, it's hard to know whether a possible change in administration will further tighten requirements. Here's a recent Miami Herald article.
From the Cuban perspective, while tourism dollars would do wonders to provide improvements, there's probably fear on the impact mass tourism will have. While for some Americans that have visited Cuba on humanitarian exchanges in recent years, the experience was somewhat reminiscent of visiting Russia in the early '70's. Likewise, the infrastructure in Cuba is quite limited, in terms of hotels, guides, rental cars and access for tour busses.
One of our partner suppliers, who is licensed to engage in travel-related transactions involving Cuba, is planning on operating trips between February and May. The programs will be escorted by a noted authority on Cuba, and visits are planned with local professionals, artists, private homes, community projects and a tobacco farm. We stay tuned for more opportunities for Americans to visit Cuba.
For tours to Cuba operated by US suppliers, contact one of our travel agency for more information.
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