Costa Rican authorities signed an agreement for the promotion and consolidation of the country as a wellness tourist destination.
In addition to the cooperation agreement signed between the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) and the Costa Rica Wellness Association, on May 16 the institution awarded a contract to the Costa Rican Technical Standards Institute (INTECO) to develop a national standard that establishes the service requirements that Wellness Spas must meet in order to be accredited.
Due to the climate of insecurity prevailing in Nicaragua and cancelled reservations, two hotels in the city of León have announced the closure of their operations.
"As of July 15, it has been decided to completely close operations in the city of León, until there is a safer climate for tourism development," Art Collections Hotels reported in a statement.
Nicaraguan business leaders in the tourism sector have proposed identifying areas in the country where political and social tensions are least fraught, with the aim of attracting tourists and minimizing the impact of the crisis.
One of the objectives pursued by the strategy proposed by entrepreneurs in the tourism sector in Nicaragua is to attract mainly surfers or backpackers who come to Costa Rica.To do so, "... they will hold business conferences in the neighboring country and request support from the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT)."
From January to June of this year, the Dominican Republic registered the arrival of 3.4 million tourists, 6% more than was reported in the same period in 2017.
From a Report by the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic:
In the month of June 2018, the records show a total arrival of 586,807 non-resident passengers by air, of which 497,997 were foreigners and 88,810 were non-resident Dominicans, representing growth of 7.5% with respect to the same month in the year 2017, keeping the Dominican Republic as the main tourist destination in the insular Caribbean.Within this result, the foreigners segment recorded an annualized increase of 6.3%, while non-resident Dominicans experienced a variation of 15.4%.
The Chilean and Panamanian governments have agreed to promote a cruise route between both countries and decided that Chile will be the first Latin American ally of the Logistics Hub of Panama.
The president of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, and his Chilean counterpart, Sebastián Piñera, agreed to jointly promote the Pacific-South cruise route, which will go from Panama to Valparaíso and vice versa, aimed at increasing the number of tourists visiting both nations, informed the Panamanian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In May, 34,400 foreign tourists arrived in the country by air, almost 40% less than in the same month last year.
The political and social crisis that the country is experiencing continues to cause havoc in the Nicaraguan economy, with tourism being one of the most affected sectors.According to statistics from the National Chamber of Tourism of Nicaragua (Canatur), in April, the month in which the crisis began, there was a year-on-year decrease of 16% in the number of visitors that entered by air, falling from 60,116 to 50,450.
Greater air connectivity is one of the factors that explains the increase in income generated from tourism activities in the first quarter in Costa Rica, when $1.182 billion was reported.
The travel category, in the exports section of the Balance of Payments, is composed mostly of the expense of foreigners who arrive for holiday trips, and the increase reported in the first quarter, which is the high season, is attributed to good promotion of the country and better air connectivity.
Tour operators report the cancellation of almost 100% of the reserves for this year, and foresee that this situation will extend until 2019.
The crisis in which the country has been submerged since April 14 has brought a lot of negative consequences to the tourism sector.One of them is the one presented by representatives of the Nicaraguan Association of Receptive Tourism (Antur), since tour operators are registering cancellation levels of between 90% and 100%.
The hoteliers union of Costa Rica reported that the occupancy level in the mid-year holidays of 2018 is 65%, 3% less than the average figure reported in the same period in 2017.
According to a survey carried out on June 29 by the Costa Rican Chamber of Hotels (CCH), in which 80 accommodation centers were consulted, between the mid-year vacations of 2017 and this year, the average occupancy rate fell from 68% to 65%.
As of December, Air Canada will fly daily from Toronto to Liberia, Costa Rica, and from Montreal it will do so three times a week, during the entire high season.
The Costa Rican Tourism Institute reported that the airline will increase its frequencies to Liberia, in the province of Guanacaste, changing the "... Montreal-Liberia route from one to three weekly flights (on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays) starting on the 18th December 2018."
To encourage the arrival of more tourists, the Inguat will be investing the funds in a new advertising campaign, which will target the markets of North America, South America and Europe.
With the aim of reactivating the flow of tourists into the country, which suffered a slowdown after the disasters caused by the eruption of the Volcán de Fuego, the Guatemalan Tourism Institute (Inguat) will be implementing a campaign that will have a reach of 120 million people in the markets of the United States, Canada, Mexico, Colombia, Germany, France, Italy and the United Kingdom.
During the months of January and February 2019 United Airlines will fly daily from Chicago to San Jose, and Alaska Airlines will fly from Los Angeles, during the entire peak season.
A statement from the ICT details that "...There will be approximately 15,000 additional seats in the first quarter of 2019 for the United States."
During the next months the Guatemalan government intends to bring into operation the aerodromes of Puerto San José, Cobán, Huehuetenango and Esquipulas.
Guatemalan authorities reported that the first project that will be launched will be the renovation of the San José Port aerodrome, in the department of Escuintla, which will require an approximate investment of $272 thousand.
The Mexican airline Volaris will be suspending its services as of July 1, and the luxury resort hotel Mukul, in Guacalito, has announced the indefinite closure of its operations.
The crisis that has been going on in the country for the last month continues to harm the tourism business sector.The airlineVolaris reported that it will temporarily suspend services to Managua from next week, and the luxury hotel Mukul Auberge Resorts Collection, in the South Pacific, announced on Friday that it will close its operations indefinitely.
From January to April 2019 the company Apple Vacations will be running a weekly charter flight between the airport of Liberia, Guanacaste, and Rockford in Illinois, United States.
The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) reported that the route which will bring 2,340 tourists to the country will have a weekly frequency.
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