The closure of Cuba to U.S. cruise lines under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump could be the reason for the growth in cruise company activity in The Bahamas, said Giora Israel, Carnival Corporation’s senior vice president of global port and destination development. “Previous plans Carnival had for additional development in The Bahamas kind of fell asleep when Cuba became accessible to cruise lines under the Obama administration,” he said in an interview with travel and tourism website Travelpulse.com. “The expectation was that sooner or later, Cuba would open and ultimately allow for a traditional cruise product.

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