US Allows Cruises to Cuba, Carnival to Start May '16

[com_op_2000]

Checkout this article:
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/travel/florida-cruise-guide/fl-carnival-news-20150707-story.html
Cruises start in Miami on a smaller ship (720 people) and visit different parts of the island.

 

[disprincess4ever]

Not surprising that Carnival is sending a ship there. What is surprising is that it's their new "humanitarian" cruise brand. I see this as a way to get people to try the new line, not necessarily because they want to provide aid to Cuba the most. Whether it's good on their part or not, it's a smart marketing plan.

 

[erionm]

[QUOTE="disprincess4ever, post: 53990362, member: 433989"What is surprising is that it's their new "humanitarian" cruise brand.[/QUOTE]
Not surprising at all as regular tourist travel to Cuba by US citizens is still not allowed.

Americans still can't travel for leisure tourism to Cuba under terms of the U.S. embargo against communist-led Cuba, a measure that must be lifted by Congress.

But new rules permit U.S. visits to Cuba without a prior license in 12 categories of travel, including the people-to-people type tours now planned by Carnival's fathom brand.

 

[phinz]

It's not surprising at all that they're doing it with their new Fathom line, since humanitarian and cultural exchange programs are the only way that regular U.S. citizens can travel to Cuba.