After a 54-year embargo, starting this March it will be possible for US citizens to walk the cobblestone streets of Havana—legally. As part of President Barack Obama's recent re-establishment of diplomatic relations with Cuba, restrictions on tourism have been eased to include direct flights from JFK.

The Bahamas should not be afraid of a potential influx of Cuban migrants and should consider adopting a more relaxed immigration policy as Cuba eases its diplomatic relations with the US, according to an internationally renowned economist.

Since President Barack Obama announced that the U.S. would ease diplomatic relations with Cuba, the number of people looking to travel to the largest country in the Caribbean has steeply risen. Travel websites like Tripping.com, a vacation rental search engine, saw a 126 percent increase in searches for Cuban properties.

All over the world, coral reefs are dying at an alarming rate. But off Cuba, they are flourishing. Why? The answer, according to David Guggenheim, a marine scientist and president of Ocean Doctor, a Washington-based conservation organization, is pretty straightforward: The absence of typical human behavior.

After President Obama’s speech announcing relaxed regulations on travel, someone told Tom Popper, president of Insight Cuba, “If people can travel to Cuba on their own, you’re done.”

The fascination that Americans today have with the island has everything to do with the fact that Cuba managed to exist for a half century without the United States being there. Cuba represents a welcome departure from what many consider the worst aspects of American culture.