"Due to U.S. regulatory requirements, Airbnb must deactivate certain listings. Unfortunately, this applies to your listing(s) in Cuba. All upcoming reservations will be canceled today. By that point, all our booking dates had been blocked, and all our reservations from January to April had been automatically cancelled, said Sandra, a resident of Havana."
"On February 8, Cuban authorities announced that the island's jet fuel supplies had run dry. Canadian carriers Air Canada, Air Transat and WestJet, as well as Russia's Rossiya and Nordwind, suspended flights to the island and arranged the repatriation of citizens already in the country. Canada and Russia are Cuba's first and third sources of tourism, respectively."
"Hostels, bed-and-breakfasts and state-run hotels faced a surge in cancellations as travellers either could not reach Cuba or reconsidered their plans amid Trump's de facto oil blockade."
Cuba faces severe economic disruption from US sanctions targeting oil supplies and tourism. Airbnb deactivated listings from Cuban hosts with US bank accounts in January 2025, canceling reservations through April. By February, jet fuel supplies depleted, forcing major airlines including Air Canada, Air Transat, WestJet, Rossiya, and Nordwind to suspend flights and repatriate citizens. Tourism from Canada and Russia, Cuba's primary sources, collapsed. Hostels, bed-and-breakfasts, and state hotels experienced surge cancellations. Twin entrepreneurs Sandra and Sabrina Gonzalez lost their Airbnb business operating since 2016, surviving previous sanctions and COVID-19 disruptions. The de facto oil blockade created cascading economic failures across Cuba's tourism and transportation sectors.
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