Bookings to Cuba jumped 57 percent for one New York tour operator in the weeks after Washington said it would renew ties with Havana. In February, they were up 187 per cent; and so far this month, nearly 250 per cent. The boom is just one sign that the rush is on to see Cuba now — before, as many predict, McDonald's claims a spot in Old Havana and Starbucks moves in on Cubita, the island's premium coffee brand. The sense that detente will unleash an invasion of Yankee tourists and change the unique character of one of the world's last remaining bastions of communism is shared by many travelers flocking here.Renovated Havana airport is set to undergo a $207 million expansionBookings to the island have increased 250 per cent in MarchOnly charter flights go from the US to Cuba, though other routes possibleCuba had record 3million visitors last year, though only 600,000 Americans
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