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NEW FLIGHTS FROM US CITIES ANNOUNCED SINCE US AND CUBA NORMALIZED RELATIONS

FLIGHTS BOOKINGS HAVE SKYROCKED


(Source: © Ruby BIRD & Yasmina BEDDOU)
(Source: © Ruby BIRD & Yasmina BEDDOU)
USPA NEWS - Four Committee Republicans joined fourteen Democrates to back the Amendement 18-12 to end travel and commerce restrictions on Americans traveling to CUBA. Recently, the Cuban Embassy in Washington reopened after being closed for fitfy four years.
Since a while, there is a noticeable increase United States visitors compared to Europeans. Cuban people hope that once the travel restrictions are lifted it will provide new opportunities. More quantity of tourists and the days that they stay will bring with it a significant amount of money that results in a greater quality of life. It was noticed too that the result of this new period of relations has improved not only with North Americans but also with other tourists from many countries who don't fear to go to CUBA.
Both the United States and Cuba Governments indicated they were taking steps to normalize relations last December. Regarding the amendment, it became the first legislation to make it through any Congressional Committee to facilitate President Barack OBAMA's push to normalize relations with Cuba.

Currently, nearly 600,000 Americans visit the island every year, largely Cuban-Americans since a regular US tourists is still prohibited from visiting the country. The Cuban government estimates 1.5 million US citizen could visit the island after the normalization of relations.
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