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Travel to HavanaTravel Advisories | Transportation | Airlines
The US Department of Treasury has tightened regulations restricting travel to Cuba. There is no longer a general exemption that allows the importation of up to $100 in Cuban goods such as cigars, and there are new restrictions on family visits and remittances. For further information, download this pdf file: Amendments to Cuban Assets Control Regulations: 31 CFR part 515 (effective June 30, 2004)
or go to Office of Foreign Assets Control's website. U.S. Laws on Visiting Cuba State Dept. Consular Information Sheet U.S. Treasury Dept. Regulations Background Notes on Cuba The U.S. Center for Disease Control and Prevention recommends a hepatitis A shot and up-to-date tetanus and measles boosters. Those concerned about gastrointestinal distress should drink bottled water and eat only foods that have been cooked, boiled or peeled. Dengue fever, spread by a day-biting mosquito, has occasional outbreaks in some parts of the island, generally in the Orient. Ask locals if an outbreak is occurring, and if so, apply insect repellent on both exposed skin and under clothes each morning. In Havana: Amistur Fantastico Gaviota Tours Havanatur Infotour Infotour Infotour Infotour National Travel Bureau
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Rumbos Rumbos Viñales Tours In the Bahamas: Cuba Tours Note: The U.S. Customs Service in the Bahamas is particularly nasty and aggressive about confiscating Cuban cigars and other contraband. In Canada: A. Nash Travel In Israel: LatinGate In México: Caribbean Tropical Tours Viñales Tours In United States: Carribean Music and Dance Global Exchange New Procedures for Fully-Hosted Travelers: U.S. Policy Maintaining pressure on the Cuban Government through our economic embargo and Libertad sanctions is a key component of U.S. efforts to encourage democratic change in Cuba. This is why the U.S. restricts financial transactions with Cuba, including the spending of money by travelers to the island. Travelers to Cuba who are subject to U.S. jurisdiction must be licensed by the Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). Travel-related financial expenditures are limited to the type of travel that helps promote the U.S. goals including strengthening Cuban civil society and increasing people-to-people contacts. Travelers to Cuba who do not spend any money while there do not require a license from OFAC. New OFAC regulations now create a rebuttable presumption that persons subject to U.S. jurisdiction who have traveled to Cuba without a general or specific license have engaged in prohibited transactions, unless they provide a signed statement with supporting documents to the contrary. What Has Changed? Some travelers to Cuba claim upon their return to the U.S. not to have spent any money during their stay because they were "fully hosted," i.e. a non-U.S. sponsor such as the Cuban Government paid for all their expenses. It would be difficult to spend time in Cuba and not spend money on either accommodations, meals and incidentals, transportation, or docking fees or other charges by the Cuban Government. A new OFAC regulation creates a rebuttable presumption that travelers subject to U.S. jurisdiction who traveled to Cuba without a general or specific license have engaged in prohibited transactions. Travelers may rebut the presumption by presenting a signed explanatory statement, with supporting documents, showing they were able to travel without spending money in Cuba. Appropriate enforcement action will be taken in those cases where the traveler is unable to provide sufficient evidence that all expenses were paid for while in Cuba. Further information is available from OFAC by contacting (202) 622-2480 or, in Miami, (305) 530-7177.
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