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Although in 2019 the arrival of tourists to Costa Rica increased 4% compared to 2018, businessmen of the sector continue to face complex procedures to open a new business and the high costs of basic services.
Data from the Directorate General of Immigration and Foreigners, said that between 2018 and 2019 the number of foreign visitors who came to the country grew by 122 thousand, from 3.01 million to 3.14 million tourists.
Because of factors such as business closures and lack of opportunities, it is estimated that criminal activity costs Honduras and El Salvador 16% of GDP, and in the case of Guatemala, its losses could amount to 7% of its production.
In Central America, the human costs of crime remain one of the highest in the world. El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—referred to as the Northern Triangle— account for about four-and-a-half percent of homicides worldwide despite only having about one-half-percent of the world's population.
A raíz del robo de un contenedor que transportaba productos lácteos, la cámara del sector hizo un llamado a todos los gremios vinculados al comercio internacional y local, para que refuercen sus medidas de precaución.
In a statement, the Nicaraguan Chamber of the Dairy Sector (CANISLAC) reported that on Friday, December 13, 2019, the first container of Quesillo was stolen in the history of Nicaragua.
The U.S. government decided to raise the security alert level for travel to the Central American country from 1 to 2, arguing that violent crimes are occurring that can affect tourists.
The North American country maintains four categories that classify the degree of danger that tourists face when visiting a destination. In the case of Costa Rica, it went from category 1, which tells travelers to take normal precautions, to category 2, which warns that greater caution should be taken.
The Guatemalan government's decision to extend until November the State of Siege in six departments and add municipalities of Sololá, generates concern among tourism businessmen.
On September 4, the State of Siege was decreed in 22 municipalities in the departments of Izabal, Alta Verapaz, Baja Verapaz, Zacapa, El Progreso, and Petén, following the death of three members of the Army at the hands of alleged drug traffickers in the village of Semuy II, in El Estor, Izabal.
After motorized paramilitaries attacked a group of businessmen with firearms on September 7, the productive sector asks the government to clarify the facts "in an objective and truthful manner.”
The violent aggression was directed at the Cosep delegation and the Civic Alliance, made up of José Adán Aguerri, Michael Healy and Álvaro Vargas, who accompanied journalists Jaime Arellano and Aníbal Toruño on a visit to the city of León, reported the Superior Council of Private Enterprise (Cosep).
After three soldiers were killed in Izabal, Guatemalan business sector asks the government to regain control of the territories where criminal groups dominate.
On several occasions, business chambers have denounced that organized crime groups operate in the area from the Polochic Valley to Izabal, thus affecting productive activity in the area.
The situation became clear after it was reported on September 3 that a patrol of the Guatemalan Army Marine Infantry was ambushed in the municipality of El Estor, department of Izabal. As a result, three soldiers were killed.
Within the framework of the political frictions generated by CICIG's withdrawal, the United States alerted its citizens to the protests and blockades that will take place on the country's highways.
From the statement of the U.S. Embassy in Guatemala:
January 11, 2019. Several organizations announced today, January 11, that during the next few days there will be protests and roadblocks throughout Guatemala.
The country's Assembly has agreed to prepare a reform of the Budget Law to use the resources in the Citizen Security Plan.
The institution reported that the resources to be incorporated come from funds pending from the special contributions of the second quarter and from the funds collected in the last quarter, with total resources to be distributed amounting to $22,822,950.
Entrepreneurs in El Salvador believe that the first measure that should be implemented by the government that will take office in 2019 is to regain control of territories dominated by gangs.
The Second Opinion Survey "S.O.S. El Salvador", prepared by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of El Salvador (Camarasal), includes a series of top prioritymeasures that employers believe should be implemented by the new government that takes office in June 2019, in order to solve problems that are affecting economic growth and job creation.
Citizen insecurity, political uncertainty and low levels of investment are the main factors that are still affecting the quality of life of the population and the business climate in El Salvador.
Analysis undertaken by the Salvadoran Foundation for Development (Fusades) points out the main factors that are preventing the Salvadoran economy from achieving better levels of growth.In its Legal and Institutional Report, it notes recent advances in trade facilitation, but points out that public insecurity continues to be the factor that most negatively affects the quality of life of the population and the investment climate.
In El Salvador every week at least two companies report that they intend to close down due to the impact of extortion, a problem that, far from being resolved, seems to be getting worse every year.
Representatives from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of El Salvador (Camarasal), said that the country's employers do not see any significant improvement in the security climate, following the six month extension last April of the extraordinary measures of the Sánchez Cerén administration to try to control crime and insecurity.