José Napoleón Duarte, Salvadoran Tourism Minister, announced at Central America Travel Market that they are considering a "multiple destination project", with his Guatemalan homologous.

"We are having talks with Roberto Robles to launch bi-national projects with a Guatemala-El Salvador concept. The Maya world is very important here, as both ourselves and Guatemalans have such history in our souls and hearts", told Duarte to website Sigloxxi.com.

Source: sigloxxi.com

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