Travel to Cuba Becoming More Difficult: Center For Responsible Travel Responds

The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced new restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba, eliminating the people-to-people travel category that allowed organized group tours to visit the island. The Center for Responsible Travel (CREST), a nonprofit organization that specializes in sustainable travel to Cuba, is deeply concerned about the impact of this sweeping policy change on people in Cuba, particularly on small-scale Cuban entrepreneurs and their families. CREST’s Executive Director, Martha Honey, issued the following response:

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