Tourists and locals sit on a wall along the waterfront in Havana; Aug. 25, 2010.As many as 400,000 U.S. citizens are expected to visit Cuba by year's end, Nick Miroff reports from Havana for NPR. That's five times more than in 2008, the year before the Obama administration lifted travel restrictions for those with family on the island, and a number not seen since before the Cuban revolution.">Tourists and locals sit on a wall along the waterfront in Havana; Aug. 25, 2010.As many as 400,000 U.S. citizens are expected to visit Cuba by year's end, Nick Miroff reports from Havana for NPR. That's five times more than in 2008, the year before the Obama administration lifted travel restrictions for those with family on the island, and a number not seen since before the Cuban revolution.">

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December 14, 2010. by Mark Memmott. December 14, 2010. Tourists and locals sit on a wall along the waterfront in Havana.

Tourists and locals sit on a wall along the waterfront in Havana; Aug. 25, 2010.As many as 400,000 U.S. citizens are expected to visit Cuba by year's end, Nick Miroff reports from Havana for NPR. That's five times more than in 2008, the year before the Obama administration lifted travel restrictions for those with family on the island, and a number not seen since before the Cuban revolution.

Nick says the boom has convinced Cuban officials to double capacity at one of the country's airport terminals. And now, scenes of "tearful Cuban emigres rushing to embrace their relatives, their baggage carts loaded with Santa-sized sacks of gifts," are common.

Reuters notes that since "more than 1,000 travelers from the United States are arriving every day ... Havana's long-time foe (is now) its second source of visitors after Canada."


Source:www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2010/12/14/132057364/

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