First cruise from a U.S. port to Cuba in decades leaves Miami

Source: mashable.com - Sunday, May 01, 2016
Passengers set sail on Sunday from Miami on an historic cruise to Cuba, one that took decades of waiting. Carnival Corp.'s 704-passenger Adonia left port at 4:24 p.m., bound for Havana. Carnival's Cuba cruises, operating under its Fathom brand, will visit the ports of Havana, Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba on the seven-day outing. SEE ALSO: Carnival makes deal with Cuba to allow Cuba-born travelers to cruise The cruise comes after Cuba loosened its policy banning Cuban-born people from arriving to the country by sea, a rule that threatened to stop the cruises from happening. Restarting the cruises was an important element of a bid by President Barack Obama's administration's to increase tourism to Cuba after the Dec. 17, 2014, decision to restore diplomatic relations and move toward normalization. Read more... More about Cruises , Cuba , and World

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