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Took off after then president barack obama lifted a longstanding travel ban for americans. the first hears were very good there was an opening and an increase in tourism and that helped us but today relations are more closed the world has become more complicated conditions are worse and tourism has dropped a bit. in fact tourism has not dropped twenty seventeen was a record year for cuba tourism is up including from the u.s. but under new regulations put in place by the trump administration all ...

Conditions are worse and tourism has dropped a bit. in fact tourism has not dropped twenty seventeen was a record year for cuba with four point seven million visitors spending more than three billion dollars there the number of american travelers also rose to six hundred nine hundred thousand more than six times the pre obama level but under new regulations put in place by the trump administration all u.s. travel to cuba has to take place an organized tour groups thats bad news for many private ...

Considerations and limitations to even small targeted u.s. military action in north korea. which brings us back to the time-honored tension in the dmz. the arcane maneuvers. the spectacle of both sides bringing tour groups to stare at the opposing country. >> so they have a tour going on right now. they are waving at us. and so what is that? >> there is just a commercial tour. it is very likely made up of... i can see some westerners there. i can also see some asian folks. and a lot of chinese v...

Considerations and limitations to even small targeted u.s. military action in north korea. which brings us back to the time-honored tension in the dmz. the arcane maneuvers. the spectacle of both sides bringing tour groups to stare at the opposing country. >> so they have a tour going on right now. they are waving at us. and so what is that? >> there is just a commercial tour. it is very likely made up of... i can see some westerners there. i can also see some asian folks. and a lot of chinese v...

Considerations and limitations to even small targeted u.s. military action in north korea. which brings us back to the time-honored tension in the dmz. the arcane maneuvers. the spectacle of both sides bringing tour groups to stare at the opposing country. >> so they have a tour going on right now. they are waving at us. and so what is that? >> there is just a commercial tour. it is very likely made up of... i can see some westerners there. i can also see some asian folks. and a lot of chinese v...

But as a former deputy minister of culture, he knows virtually all of perus tourism depends on one site. when a land slide came, tourism fell. is the financial pressure to allow more people in? 2 million. he says there will be tighter control on pedestrian flow and limits on the size of tour groups but 2 million would mean twice as many visitors as now. so do you think it people that are crowding in here today are getting that inca experience, what the king enjoyed? >> i dont think so. maybe 45 ...

Number of tourists we should allow into machu picchu, what is your answer? first as an archeologist. >> thats easy. none. >> zero. but as it former deputy minister of culture, he knows virtually all of perus tourism depends on one site. when a land slide came, tourism fell. is the financial pressure to w more people in? 2 million. he says there will be tighter control on pedestrian flow and limits on the size of tour groups but 2 million would mean twice as many visitors as now. so do you think ...

The arcane maneuvers, the spectacle of both sides bringing tour groups to stare at the opposing country. they have a tour going on right now, and theyre waving at us. and so what is that? >> theres a commercial tour. its very likely made up of, i can see some westerners. i can see some asian folks, a lot of chinese visitors. they will often have north koreans come. a lot of times there are party officials and party members. even american visitors not associated with the government in the militar...

1st, including diplomats. how much of a blow is this to the united states? >> well, its a significant loss of diplomatic presence obviously, but ironically, its going to be a loss also to russia. many of those individuals are involved with organizing and approving visas both going to the united states and people entering russia, tour groups, tourism. so, economic collaboration to the extent we have it, its not just a penalty to us. i think in the long run it will be a penalty to the russians. ag...

Nearby greek islands leaving at least two people dead. you can see hundreds running near the epicenter in turkey, it was a 6.7 magnitude quake. this was the scene on the greek island of kos. were told two, one from sweden, one from turkey, were killed. the u.s. is expected to ban american citizens from visiting north korea. that is according to two tour groups that take western tourists there. the u.s. state department spokesperson had said last month it was being contemplated. this news of cour...