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President Barack Obama's visit to Cuba is the first to the Caribbean island by a current American leader in 88 years. Relations between the two countries have been thawing since Mr Obama took office, and one industry which is benefiting from the rapprochement is tourism. At the weekend the hotel chain Starwood said it was making a multi million dollar investment in Havana - the first US hotel company to sign a deal with Cuba since the 1959 revolution. And later this year direct flights will resume between the two countries. But change is already being felt on the ground. There has been a spike in visits by tourists, many of whom say they want to experience the communist country before it's irreversibly influenced by America. The 麻豆约拍's Vivienne Nunis reports.

(Picture: A street scene in Havana. Picture credit: Getty Images.)