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U.S. Tour Operators Optimistic About Cuba Travel Because They’re Even More Essential

November 20, 2017

Dan Peltier, Skift
Photo Credit: Maulin Alonso/AFP, Getty Images

Tour operator and travel agents just returned to their former status as the gateways for Americans seeking to visit Cuba.

U.S. President Donald Trump’s policy outline of several months ago on U.S. travel to Cuba have become reality: Americans will no longer be able to travel to Cuba without a tour group, or stay in a hotel or spend money with any business that has ties to the Cuban government and military, among other restrictions.

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