Panama: Private Tourism Investment in Protected Areas

It has been announced that public use regulations that will allow construction of hotels, restaurants, transportation systems and other tourist infrastructure within protected areas will be issued midyear.

Thursday, May 19, 2016

The regulation is being prepared by the Tourism Authority of Panama, the Panamanian Chamber of Tourism and the Ministry of Environment, as part of the EcoturAP project, announced by the Varela administration in March this year. This initiative aims to exploit protected areas in order to develop sustainable and ecological tourism.

Prensa.com reports that "... within Ecotur AP they are designing public use regulations, including guidelines to be followed by investors who are interested in building infrastructure within protected areas. Under this regulation the construction of hotels, restaurants, transport systems and other activities that improve the experience of tourists will be allowed. "

"... The regulations for public use will not be the same in all protected areas, because each has unique characteristics and limitations to support a certain amount of visitors, such as Coiba. "

EcoturAP spokespeople indicated that it is expected that the regulation of concessions within protected areas will be ready mid year.

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