Panama: Cruise Passengers Grow 12%

As of the month of May, the number of passengers that arrived via cruise ship was 282,803, a 12% gain over the same period in 2008.

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

During the first five months, 147 ships pulled into Panamanian ports and stayed for an average of eight hours, according to tourism authorities.

Angel López writes in Laestrella.com.pa: “Tourism authorities calculate that each passenger spends on average $95…they explained that the growth is fundamentally because Panama has been established as a Home Port.”

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The number of tourist arrivals from January to October 2008 grew to 1.23 million, 153 thousand more than for the same period last year.

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June 2008

The number of visitors to Panama keeps on increasing.

The statistics department of the Panama Tourism Institute reports that 554,126 visitors arrived in the first four months of this year, up from 507,920 in the same period of 2007.
Of this year's total, 370,860 arrived by air, 42,113 by land and 141,207 by sea.

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