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Tourist Arrivals Up 6% in PanamaThursday, September 27, 2012 Between January and August a total of one million 390 thousand visitors entered the country, 6.4% more than in the same period in 2011. For the same period income reached $491 million, according to the Controller General of the Republic. More Canadians and Spanish Visit PanamaFriday, November 12, 2010 In the first 9 months tourist arrivals from those nationalities increased by 50% and 60%. Tourism from Canada increased by 60% and Spain 50% over the same period of 2009. Tourism Up 12% in PanamaThursday, March 10, 2011 205.657 visitors entered the country during January 2011, 12% higher than the same month of 2010. Tocumen International Airport remains the main port of entry into the country, with 119.878 visitors. Tourism in 2020: Year to Forget in NicaraguaWednesday, December 23, 2020 In the context of the health crisis generated by the outbreak of covid-19, businessmen of the sector foresee that at the end of 2020 the tourism industry will add revenues of about $176 million, an amount that would be 66% less than that reported in 2019. The estimates of the National Chamber of Tourism of Nicaragua (Canatur), are more pessimistic than the projections of the Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (Intur), since according to the business association the income will amount to $176 million and according to the government institution it will add $216 million at the end of the year. Tourist Arrivals to Panama Up 5%Monday, September 17, 2012 Between January and July, the country received 1,236,407 visitors, a 5.4% increase compared to the same period in 2011, when there were 1,172,565 visitors. The total paid by tourists for the same period was $1.301 billion, an increase of 19% compared to the previous year when spending was $1.093 billion. Increased Tourist Arrivals in NicaraguaMonday, September 3, 2012 Information from the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute, INTUR reveals that 694,906 tourists came into the country up to July, representing an increase of 11.5% compared to the same period in 2011. A press release from INTUR reads: Panama: Number of Tourists and their Spending IncreasesFriday, June 10, 2011 In the first four months of 2011 more than 700 thousand visitors came to the country. The economic boom that Panama is experiencing is also affecting the tourist industry which has grown significantly in recent months. Panama Tourism Growth Slows DownThursday, March 1, 2012 While the number of tourists continues to grow, the pace of that growth slowed to 6% in January compared to January 2011. "Last January 234,050 visitors entered the country, 13,248 more than in January 2011 or a growth of 6%. However, this growth represents a decrease of six percentage points compared to growth between January 2010 and January 2011 which reached 12%," reported Prensa.com. Tourism Revenue To Reach $2,4 Billion in PanamaFriday, September 17, 2010 By the end of July, tourism revenue grew 15% when compared to the same period of 2009. If sustained, Panama could reach $2,4 billion by the end of this year. Panama received $967,4 million in tourism revenue in the first seven months of this year, 15% more than 2009, when the country netted $837,7 million. Tourism and Hotels: Forecasts for 2021Friday, December 11, 2020 Due to Costa Rica's estimated average hotel occupancy rate of 52% by 2020, well below the 95% recorded at the end of 2019, businessmen in the sector expect that in this context of crisis there will be no peak seasons next year. The tourism sector is one of the hardest hit by the economic crisis generated by the outbreak of covid-19, because mobility restrictions, the closure of air terminals and the fear of tourists to be infected, have influenced the drastic fall in tourism activity. Tourist Arrivals Increased 4% up to June 2019Friday, July 19, 2019 From January to June of this year, 3.57 million tourists arrived in the Dominican Republic, 4% more than the figure reported for the same period in 2018. In the January-June period of this year, 64% of visitors arrived from North America, 21% from Europe, 12% from South America, 4% from Central America and the Caribbean and the remaining 0.3% from Asia and the rest of the world, reported the Central Bank of the Dominican Republic (BCRD). Tourist Spending in Panama IncreasesWednesday, November 23, 2011 In the first nine months of the year an increase of 13.9% was reported in daily spending compared to the same period in 2010. During the aforementioned period, spending by visitors amounted to $1,397 million, $170 million more than in 2010. More Tourists Arriving in GuatemalaMonday, January 13, 2020 During 2019, tourist arrivals to Guatemala increased 6% over the previous year; however, the average stay decreased slightly, from 6.63 days in 2018 to 6.56 days in 2019. Figures from the Guatemalan Tourism Institute (INGUAT) show that in 2019 2,559,599 tourists entered the country, a figure 6% higher than the 2,405,902 visitors reported in 2018. South American Tourists Look to PanamaThursday, June 23, 2011 Between January and April the number of visitors arriving in the South was 13% higher than in the same period in 2010. The economic strength of countries like Peru and Brazil as well as the appreciation of their currencies against the dollar are two of the reasons for the increase in tourist arrivals from these countries. Slight Recovery in Guatemala TourismWednesday, September 22, 2010 Between January and August 1,283,256 foreign visitors came into the country, equating to 124,550 more than in the same period of 2009. Regarding foreign exchange, Guillermo Novielli, subdirector of Guatemalan Tourism Institute (Inguat), added that in the first eight months revenue from tourism was $933.4 million, 11.3% up on the same period in 2009. |
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