It just became a lot more difficult to travel to Cuba again

"People to people" travel between the United States and Cuba will no longer be allowed, the Treasury Department said in a statement on Tuesday.

Even before the U.S. restored full diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2014, the most common way for Americans to travel to the island nation was through guided group trips focused on education and culture. But the Trump administration, which has attempted to refashion some of the binds between the two countries loosened under the Obama administration, has banned this form of travel. The U.S. will also now deny licenses for private and corporate aircraft and boats to travel to Cuba, The Hill reports.

Subscribe to The Week

Escape your echo chamber. Get the facts behind the news, plus analysis from multiple perspectives.

SUBSCRIBE & SAVE
https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/flexiimages/jacafc5zvs1692883516.jpg

Sign up for The Week's Free Newsletters

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Sign up
Explore More
Tim O'Donnell

Tim is a staff writer at The Week and has contributed to Bedford and Bowery and The New York Transatlantic. He is a graduate of Occidental College and NYU's journalism school. Tim enjoys writing about baseball, Europe, and extinct megafauna. He lives in New York City.