tourism Tourism hotels hotel sector Hotels hotel occupancy hotel reservations tourist expenditure Increased tourism hotel project tourist Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen Aeropuerto Internacional de Tocumen S.A. National Comptroller´s Office (Panama) Panamanian Tourism Authority

Increase in Influx of Tourists to Panama

In the first seven months of the year 1,236,000 visitors came to the country, 5.4% more than the in same period in 2011, with the majority of tourists coming from the U.S.

Thursday, August 30, 2012

The increase in the number of visitors has not been sufficient to cover the greater supply of hotels, which experienced a drop in occupancy rates of 7%.

Hotel industry representatives point out that in order to maintain the occupancy level above 60%, the increase in the number of tourists would have to be 15%.

"As for tourist spending, on average in July visitors spent in the country around a 1.315 billion dollars", reported Prensa.com.

The United States remains the country sending the most visitors to Panama, followed by Colombia, Venezuela, Argentina and Spain.

Source: Prensa.com

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