Ferry services between Cuba and the United States to resume after 56-years

#Cuba #FerryService #Florida #travel #tradeembargo Ferry services between Cuba and the United States had been stopped in 1959 after Washington imposed a trade embargo on Cuba following its communist revolution. However, it has been reported in news.sky.com dated 7 May 2015 that passenger ferry services could soon be resumed between the two countries.

The US has now lifted the ban and has granted licenses to a number of American ferry companies – this would benefit the hundreds of thousands of people who travel between Florida and Havana every year.
Before the embargo, there used to be a regular ferry service between Florida and Cuba and thousands of American tourists used to avail the service to go to the bars and casinos in Havana and, simultaneously, Cubans would take overnight shopping trips to the US.
On a rough estimate, nearly 600,000 people travel between the US and Cuba every year and have to depend on expensive charter flights.
The US had indicated the restoration of diplomatic ties with Cuba in December – due to that, the trade embargo was lifted which opened up the avenue for import of some goods that are produced by Cuba's new private sector.

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