article_snippet: Bookings to Cuba jumped 57 percent for one New York tour operator in the weeks after Washington said Washington would renew ties with Havana.
article_snippet: 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.
article_snippet: 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.
article_snippet: Bookings to Cuba have spiked since news of Cuba restoring ties with the government in Havana .
article_snippet: Bookings jumped 57 percent for one New York tour operator in the weeks after it was announced that the US would restore diplomatic ties, despite the fact that the American embargo remains largely in place . '
article_snippet: Still, the December announcement appears to have sparked an influx of tourism.
article_snippet: The  sense that the future 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 to Cuba .
article_snippet: The Washington and Havana December announcement that they would move toward arapprochement appears to have sparked an influx of tourism .
article_snippet: Word's gotten out and people are communicating that people want to go before Cuba changes.'
article_snippet: Already Cuba strains to accommodate travelers during the December-April high season.
article_snippet: For now, Rodriguez is busy tending to travelers interested 'in experiencing this Cuba, and right away.'