españolTourist 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. Tourism Increases 8.8% in NicaraguaTuesday, September 22, 2009 626.170 tourists entered the country between January and August 2009. According to data from the Nicaraguan Tourism Insitute, there were 50.533 more visitors than the same period of 2008, an increase of 8.8%. 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: Tourism generates $411 million in El SalvadorWednesday, July 30, 2008 The arrival of tourists grew 25.8% in the first semester of 2008, according to a report by the Tourism Ministry The Tourism Industry generated $411 million in the first six months of 2008, a 22% increase agains the same period of 2007, while the arrival of tourists grew 25.8% to 991,874 visitors. Nicaragua Expects One Million Tourists in 2010Tuesday, August 24, 2010 As of July the country had received 604,000 visitors, 9.7% up on the same period in 2009. The head of Nicaragua's Institute for Tourism (Intur), Mario Salinas, indicated that if the trend continues tourist numbers at the close of the current year could exceed one million, which would equate to foreign exchange income worth approximately $400 million. 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. Tourism Improves in El SalvadorWednesday, November 24, 2010 Tourism has generated $ 374.7 million in revenue, up 10% over 2009. President Mauricio Funes said, "we will end the year with an almost 11% growth in the tourism sector, something that seemed impossible 12 months ago. This tells us that tourism grew to $ 374.7 million and that means 10% more than in 2009." Tourism to El Salvador Up 5% In 2012Tuesday, December 18, 2012 The country expects to end 2012 with the arrival of 1.7 million visitors and more than $700 million in foreign exchange earnings, an increase of 5% compared to 2011. Tourism Minister, Jose Napoleon Duarte, said the figures are very encouraging, adding, "The World Tourism Organization establishes a growth between 3% and 4% this year, and El Salvador echoes this projection, even surpassing it. " Guatemalan Tourism Up 10%Friday, November 19, 2010 In the first nine months of the year one million 411 thousand people visited the country, 10% more than in the same period of 2009. Income reached $ 1,2 billion, 10.2% more than the same period last year. Tourism growing fast in Central AmericaThursday, July 10, 2008 Costa Rica, El Salvador and Panama are among the fastest-growing tourist areas in Central America, according to the World Tourism Organization. In El Salvador, data from the Tourism Ministry shows that the sector has been growing at 8 percent and expects this to continue despite the national economic crisis that has driven the inflation rate to 8.4 percent per year. 12% Increase in Tourism in NicaraguaFriday, June 29, 2012 In the first five months of the year 456,000 people entered the country, an increase of 11.8% compared to the same period in 2011. Mario Salinas, chief executive of the Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (Intur), indicated that foreign exchange earnings also reported growth of 19.4%, "these results are satisfactory and we think we will reach the goals we have set, which is about 6.5 percent or 7 percent. " Tourism Recovers Slightly in El SalvadorWednesday, July 7, 2010 First quarter shows an increase of 6.7% on the same period last year. José Napoleón Duarte, El Salvador’s Minister for Tourism, indicated that the outlook for the second quarter is much more encouraging with a rise of 17% expected. Tourism Grows by 4% in NicaraguaWednesday, June 22, 2011 432,000 tourists visited the country between January and May, up 4% over the same period in 2010. Strategies for promoting the country as a tourist destination, coupled with incentives to develop tourism projects, partly explain the growth in visitors to the country. More U.S. Tourists Come to NicaraguaThursday, October 25, 2012 In the first seven months of the year the number of tourists from the North American country increased by 12.9%. According to information from the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (Intur), this increase means that the number of tourists from the U.S. 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. |
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