Cuban & US Executives Discuss Tourism

HAVANA TIMES, March 25 – Representatives of the Cuban and U.S. tourist sector began talks Wednesday in the Mexican beach resort of Cancun to explore the potentials of a possible lifting of the U.S. travel to Cuba ban.  The island’s authorities estimate that around 1.7 million tourists could arrive from the neighboring country each year if the current restrictions did not exist. reported IPS.

Nonetheless, the travel prohibition the US government imposes on its citizens regarding Cuba has lasted nearly a half century and bills in Congress to remove it are currently stuck in committee.

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