When Barack Obama announced Wednesday a change in the relationship between Cuba and the United States, it included relaxed travel restrictions for business travel.
At Journeys Travel and Leisure in Winnipeg, Ron Pradinuk expects all Americans will eventually be allowed to visit Cuba.
"There is no question, if the embargo melts away completely over the next number of years, development will grow like crazy,” said Pradinuk.
He calls Cuba a Canadian island paradise and says it has been one of the most popular and affordable destinations for Winnipeg travellers.
"It's going to be a balancing act but there's no question the additional pressure of U.S. visitors on holidays has to increase the price going forward,” Pradinuk said.
Cuban-Canadian Enrique Soto-Hernandez arrived in Winnipeg eight years ago for work.
He says news of the changing relationship between his home country and the United States shocked him.
"I was kind of a bit surprised. But at the same time it's something that I think has to be solved one day, so why not today, you know," said Soto-Hernandez.
He thinks the easing of economic sanction will improve quality of life for his relatives and friends who still live in Cuba.
