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Poll: Americans want Cuban travel ban lifted

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BY TED JACKOVICS

MEDIA GENERAL NEWS SERVICE

Published: May 15, 2009

A recently released Orbitz.com-Ipsos poll found 67 percent of respondents favored ending the U.S. ban on most travel to Cuba compared with 23 percent who oppose lifting restrictions.

The findings generally replicate recent polls by ABC News/Washington Post, CBS News/New York Times, Gallup Poll and CNN/Opinion Research Corp., whose findings of support to open U.S. travel to Cuba ranged from 55 percent to 64 percent.

The Orbitz.com-Ipsos poll also found that 72 percent of those surveyed believed that expanding travel and tourism from the United States to Cuba would have a positive impact on the lives of the Cuban people.

The telephone poll by the online travel agency and independent research group got responses from 1,000 randomly selected people between April 23 and 27. It is said to be accurate to within 3.1 percentage points.

Orbitz.com is offering a $100 coupon for Cuban vacation travel for those who sign a petition to President Barack Obama, Vice President Joseph Biden and Congress at www.opencuba.org>, if the travel ban is lifted.

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