The arrival of tourists to the country is another figure reporting a considerable decline last year, since between 2017 and 2018 the number of visitors who came to Nicaragua fell 55%, going from 1.7 million to 800 thousand.

See "Tourism in Central America Loses Strength"

According to the National Chamber of Tourism of Nicaragua (Canatur), "... in the most difficult moments of the crisis at least 70,000 people were affected by their employment. Of those, 62,400 were definitively laid off, 6,500 were transferred, and another 18,000 restructured their contracts so as not to be laid off."

Regarding the massive loss of jobs, Lucy Valenti, president of Canatur, explained to Elnuevodiario.com.ni that "... the most qualified employees migrated to Central America and North America; many of them bilingual migrated to call centers. This means that the quality of the country's tourism service has been weakened."

Also see "Economic Activity in Nicaragua Declines 5%"

The decline in tourism is reflected in the country's economic indicators, since the most recent figures from the Central Bank of Nicaragua detail that in November 2018 the economic activity index fell 5% compared to the same month in 2017, mainly because of the performance in the Hotels and Restaurants and Transport and Communications sectors.

Source: elnuevodiario.com.ni

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