Do you want to go to Cuba ?

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There is lots of discussion on the travel groups about Cuba opening for travel by Americans from the USA, but how high on your travel priority list would it be?  Number one?

 

Cuba is certainly interesting due to its "forbidden" nature to most Americans, but does that make it more than a curiosity?  Canadians have been going to Cuba for years.  There are many Cuban expats and Cuban Americans in the USA now.  Not quite that exotic after all.

Here's what one of the travel sites that tries to skirt any issues for Americans who want to go now legally and perhaps with a little bit of "I forgot to mention I also went to Cuba on my vacation."

 

"Cuba will likely soon be the number one tourist destination for Americans in the Caribbean.  It already is for Canadians. We urge you to get there before it becomes Americanized.  Let's be honest, there simply couldn't be a better time to visit Cuba.  First and foremost, the Cuban people are among the friendliest and most delightful people on this planet. We expect Cuba to be a very different place when Cuba and the US have "normal" relations again. It's difficult to say when that might happen, but both the US congress and senate voted to end funding for the enforcement of the embargo within the last year. So, it might be sooner than you think. Mexicana, Click Mexicana, Cayman Airways, and Cubana Airlines are flying very nice aircraft to Cuba.....the best we have ever enjoyed, not to mention the safest.  The visa or tourist card comes automatically with every airline ticket to Cuba.  Any American can go, only Cuban Americans traveling with a Cuban passport need a special visa or stamp in their Cuban passport.

Americans can travel to Cuba legally if you are a Cuban American, politician, journalist or if you have a research project regarding Cuba.  Others including students, religious groups, and humanitarians can apply for a license from the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)."

 

I wonder how hard it would be for me to apply for a research project for future travel to Cuba, say an inspection of potential hotels, restaurants, beaches and cigars!