The Trump administration halted two common ways Americans travel to Cuba.

Americans will no longer be able to visit the island through "people to people" group travel, and cruise ships will no longer be allowed to stop in Cuba.

These developments are another step toward President Donald Trump's campaign promise to reverse Barack Obama's Cuba policy of restoring diplomatic ties and loosening travel restrictions. This is one of 100 promises we are tracking on our Trump-O-Meter.

Part of the motivation for the Trump administration to reduce ties, as explained in this statement from Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin June 4, is the Cuban government's support of the embattled regime of Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro. (Trump has recognized Juan Guaidó as the president.)

The new changes are far more restrictive than Trump's previous effort to limit non-family travel to Cuba. In 2017, his administration added restrictions on financial transactions with entities linked to the Cuban military, as well as some limitations on travel. 

Obama had loosened the rules to make "people-to-people" trips possible. Beyonce and Jay Z's trip under this category in 2013 sparked controversy (and a rap song), although the Treasury Department concluded it didn't violate any sanctions.

Cruises, reported to be the most popular way for Americans to travel to Cuba, will no longer be able to get a certain type of license to spend time in Cuban ports.

There are still other ways that Americans can travel to Cuba, including family visits, journalistic activity, professional research and professional meetings, and humanitarian projects.

Some experts said that those who work in the Cuban private sector, or American travel operators, will take a hit in the short term, but what Trump has done is not a total reversal of Obama's policy.

"It's not the absolute reversal, but it goes to two very critical elements of policy," said Pedro Freyre, a Miami attorney at the Akerman law firm who represents multiple cruise lines.

Ted Henken, Latin American studies professor at Baruch College, said the only significant achievement that Obama made that Trump has not reversed is the existence of official diplomatic relations and the operating of embassies in each other's capitals.

"However, this is largely technical as both embassies now operate with skeleton staffs as a result of the diplomatic fallout following the sonic incidents in Havana," he said. (The U.S. pulled many staff from the Havana embassy after staff raised health concerns following reports of a high-pitched sound. Exactly what happened remains unclear.)

We will watch to see if the Trump administration takes any additional steps toward reversing Obama's Cuba policy. For now this promise remains at a Compromise.