Giora Israel, vice president of strategic planning for Carnival Corp, sees a bright future for New Orleans-to-Cuba cruises in particular.

Panama’s Copa Airlines started a new operation to Cuba with the incorporation of two weekly flights.

Air Canada will also add a second weekly flight to its Toronto-San Juan route.

Though the capital is not included, JetBlue plans to fly to three Cuban cities which are rich in history, traditions and tourist attractions, including sun and beach.

The service on Alpitour will be operating on a Boeing 767-300ER, providing direct service to the island from now through Sept. 1, 2016.

Santo Domingo.- The tour operator Carnival cruise ships made around 74 stops at the Atlantic coast of Puerto Plata in the past eight months and brought 168,000 tourists from various nations to Dominican Republic.