A group of tourism companies in the United States defended this week that Americans can continue with their trips to the island, because they believe that Cuba is a safe destination and travel is not prohibited by the new policy of the White House.
Executives of companies from the travel agencies, hotels, tour operators, airlines and cruise lines sectors expressed their interest in continuing commercial relations with the Greater Antilles.
"The message is that Cuba is open to business, safe, wonderful and legal for travelers from the United States," said Terry Dale, president of the Association of Tour Operators of the United States.
During 2017, some 620,000 Americans traveled to Cuba with enormous levels of security and satisfaction. An argument that contradicts the travel warning issued by the State Department last September and that in early January had to lift and pass it to "reconsider" the trip.
"It is very important that American travelers understand that travel warning from the State Department does not legally prevent Americans from traveling to Cuba," said lawyer Lindsay Frank, according to the German agency DPA.
Advised by a small group of Cuban-American legislators who favor the confrontation between Cuba and the United States, Donald Trump announced last June in Miami a change of policy towards Cuba, which included the resurgence of the blockade and new regulations to make Travel between the two countries.
Then, in September, Washington issued a warning to American travelers citing "risks" to travel to Cuba related to alleged "acoustic attacks" against US diplomats in Havana.
With the same argument and without providing any evidence, the State Department maintained Cuba at level 3 of a scale of 4, with the recommendation of "reconsidering the trip", in its new system to qualify the security of all the countries of the region. world.
The decisions of American diplomacy go against the results of their own investigations. The AP agency recently revealed an FBI report that denies the existence of evidence about "acoustic attacks" against US diplomatic personnel in Cuba.
Cuba is one of the least risky destinations for international travelers. Last week he won the Excellence Award as the safest country for tourism during the XXXVIII International Trade Fair, Fitur 2018, which took place in Spain.
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(Embacuba Austria)