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’.
“CAB represents the union of Central American efforts to promote the region as a preferential business destination in the world”, reported Laprensagrafica.com.
The country has potential to become a destination for regional and international conventions.
This was stated by Julio César Urban, from the International Association of Congresses and Conventions (ICCA), adding that the Government should foster this type of tourism, as it is a big spender.
"A tourist at a convention spends an average $500 a day, and stays for three days.
The government prioritizes making the International Fair and Conventions Center into a first-class hub for the Central American region.
Carmen Molina writes in ElSalvador.com: "The Minister of Tourism and the president of the organization, Rubén Rochi, said yesterday that they are in the process of awarding the bid to a consultant who can help Cifco create the 'most appropriate business model' to achieve this goal.
With an investment of $6.5 million, the City of San Miguel will host the second largest convention center in the country. It will have a capacity of 1500 people.
The building is an extension of the Tropic Inn Hotel which belongs to Sociedad Turísticas de Oriente S.A.
The first four floors of the building - which took two years to construct - will used as a parking space for 250 vehicles.
Professional operators of Congresses and Conventions promoted benefits organizing international events in El Salvador.
The "Meeting planners" were present at the Tourism Showcase & Travel Expo and had the opportunity to find out about the portfolio of products and services offered by the country for conventions and congresses.
The Vice Minister of Tourism, Michelle Gallardo, said that in the 2014-2020 Plan convention tourism is the main pillar for tourism development in the country.