$2.5 billion for tourism highway that will join Venezuela and PanamaWednesday, October 1, 2008 The "Grand Route of the Americas" project being developed by the government of Colombia should be operational in 2012. "This will be more of a tourism project than a highway project because we will be connected to Panama which is just six hours away, thereby increasing the number of visitors to the country," the Minister of Transportation of Colombia, Andres Uriel Gallego, pointed out at a forum of business people and tourism authorities held at the northern port city of Cartagena on the Caribbean coast. Panama Hosts Luxury Tourism FairTuesday, December 15, 2009 The Americas Luxury Travel Expo (TALTExpo) gathers suppliers and international buyers from the luxury tourism industry. It will take place in Panama City, from May 12 to 15. Honduras to Host Conference Organizers AssemblyMonday, February 6, 2012 From 12th to 16th the country will host the XXIX Congress of the Federation of Conference Organizers and Allies of Latin America. Under the theme "New trends in the conference industry: the challenge of finding opportunity in changing markets," the event will take place in the city of San Pedro Sula, according to the National Chamber of Tourism of Honduras (Canaturh). Central America Aims for Conventions TourismFriday, April 23, 2010 Tourism businessmen created the Central America Bureu to promote the region as a business tourism destination. Roberto Robles, director of the Guatemalan Tourism Institute (Inguat), explained that CAB will ‘simplify, foster and promote the regional integration of policies and activities to strengthen this industry’. Costa Rica Present at Tourism FairsMonday, November 9, 2009 The country will participate in World Travel Market and the Latin American International Tourism Fair (FIT). World Travel Market will be held in London, England, from November 9 to 12, whilst FIT will take place from November 14 to 17 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Travel Mart Latin America 2015 to be Held in GuatemalaThursday, May 29, 2014 Guatemala is to host the international event Travel Mart Latin America, which will be held in September 2015. Competing with Ecuador and Brazil, Guatemala won the position for 2015, becoming the next meeting point for travel service providers from Central and South America and buyers from around the world. It Is expected that the contract will be signed with the organizers in June. Nicaragua Launches Tourism CampaignWednesday, February 11, 2009 The Institute of Tourism (Intur) and the Chamber of Tourism (Canatur) will launch a plan directed primarily at the markets of United States, Mexico and Central America. Elnuevodiario.com.ni publishes: "The Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (Intur) and the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur) discussed a joint strategy to brand Nicaragua as tourist destination of excellence, for which, Canatur proposes to focus on a publicity campaign that includes attraction packages promoted by tour operators." Tourism in Panama increases by 21%Friday, October 17, 2008 The number of tourist that entered the country during August was 149,798, which means that there was an increase of 21.69% compared to the same period in 2007. According to preliminary figures from the Department of Statistics and Census, of those entering at the Tocumen International Airport, 26,681 were from North America (20,496 Americans and 4,255 Mexicans), and 34,000 from Central America and 3,197 from the Caribbean. Average Amount of Hotel Reservations Up 34%Wednesday, April 17, 2013 Central America is in the lead with a 34% average price growth of hotel reservations recorded in the region, while in North America it was 18% and in South America 14%. From the Transhotel-HOSTELTUR Barometer published by Hosteltur: Exceptional Geotourism Website for Central AmericaThursday, December 6, 2012 Go Blue Central America is an interactive map to share with the rest of the world the uniquiness and authenticity of the marine and coastal areas of Central America. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and National Geographic (NatGeo) presented "Go Blue Central America", an interactive map on the internet designed to promote tourism in the Isthmus. MITM Americas, Meetings and Incentive Travel MarketFriday, August 24, 2012 From 5 to 7 December 2012 the 18th interactive edition of the fair will take place in Panama in which tour operators from Central American and the Caribbean meet with buyers from Europe and the U.S. MITM is a two-day interactive exhibition of, which is now 15 years old, providing market-oriented incentives, meetings and events, where tourism companies and travel agencies from the Americas and the Caribbean meet, in the form of pre-arranged individual appointments, with buyers from Europe and the U.S. to organize and set up incentives trips, meetings, conferences, congresses and events. Buyers are invited to participate in MITM after a rigorous selection process. Theme Park Brand Announced in Costa RicaMonday, April 17, 2017 Discovery Communications has granted a local developer a license to use its name in an ecotourism park to be built in Guanacaste, with an estimated investment of $400 million. According to Bloomberg.com, the media company Discovery Communications, which owns television channels such as Discovery and Animal Planet, gave the developer group Sun Latin America a license to use its name and brand in an adventure park to be built near Liberia, which will be ready by the end of 2020. Tourist Arrivals Increased 4% up to June 2019Friday, July 19, 2019 From January to June of this year, 3.57 million tourists arrived in the Dominican Republic, 4% more than the figure reported for the same period in 2018. In the January-June period of this year, 64% of visitors arrived from North America, 21% from Europe, 12% from South America, 4% from Central America and the Caribbean and the remaining 0.3% from Asia and the rest of the world, reported the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD). Dominican Republic: Tourist Arrivals Decline 11%Tuesday, September 10, 2019 During July of this year, 591,348 tourists arrived in the country, 11% less than the figure reported in the same month of 2018. Regarding the case of the arrival of non-resident passengers to the Dominican Republic (foreigners and Dominicans) in July 2019, it is observed that the same was 591,348 visitors, which meant a reduction of 74,321 passengers compared to the same month in 2018, informed the Central Bank. Million Dollar Losses in Tourism SectorFriday, October 21, 2011 The storms that have hit Central America in last ten days have affected the sector which makes up 8% of GDP in the region. As well as the decline in tourist arrivals, there are also substantial damages to infrastructure with collapsed roads and bridges, making it impossible to achieve growth targets set for this year. |
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