Under the changes introduced by the Obama administration, Americans in 2016 were able visit either in groups or individually, as long as they fell into one of 12 categories, including “people-to-people” visits and “support for the Cuban people” trips, the two most popular. Our core freedoms should not be held hostage by politicians for naked partisanship," said James Williams, president of Engage Cuba. Frank Del Rio, the president and chief executive of Norwegian Cruise Lines Holdings, summed up the Cuba situation in an earnings call last month, New Rules on American Travel to Cuba Include Cruise BanA view of Havana’s old city, which Americans will have a harder time visiting. Find out what's happening in the world as it unfolds.CNN's Donna Borak, Jamie Crawford and Jim Acosta contributed to this report.American tourism is not explicitly permitted in Cuba. “And more people will use this category, which should help locals by making people book casa particulares.” Those are small-scale lodgings that are run by individuals, not the Cuban government. "The tightening of the US blockade against Cuba and its extraterritorial implementation is and the sovereignty of all States. But Tom Popper, president of the tour company The federal government has long restricted travel to Cuba, with the rules changing from one presidential administration to the next. of ViaHero. “We’ve been operating in the ‘support for the Cuban people’ category for three years and don’t have to make changes to our operations,” said Greg Buzulencia, C.E.O. However, Americans can travel to Cuba if it is covered under specific categories, which included organized group travel, known as group people-to-people travel, until Tuesday. Many of them are listed on Airbnb and other online booking platforms.
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"The State Department announced that "going forward, the United States will prohibit US travelers from going to Cuba under the previous 'group people-to-people educational' travel authorization. Under the current administration, we have seen increasing restrictions on travel to Cuba. Garrett Marquis, a spokesman for the White House National Security Council, said the new restrictions are part of President Donald Trump's commitment to holding "the Cuban regime accountable for its direct destabilizing role in the hemisphere and contribution to the repression of the people of Venezuela."
"Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla, who reopened the Cuban embassy in Washington in 2015, called the new restrictions "an attack on international law." Clyburn: I'd rather be hated than disrespectedEnten: This is the latest sign that Trump is in troubleSchumer: Meeting was more productive, but many issues outstandingPelosi to Brianna Keilar: That's not an appropriate question to askEverything you need to know about the 2020 US electionReport: Kushner's Covid-19 testing plan 'went poof into thin air'Tapper: How on Earth can Congress adjourn for the weekend?Dr. The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed new restrictions on Americans going to Cuba, banning the most common way Americans travel to the island. This year, between Jan. 1 and April 30, 142,721 Americans went to Cuba on cruises, compared to the 114,832 who traveled there by plane.