It is good to see more people visiting Panama and we are not the only country seeing a resurgence in the tourism industry here in Central America.
Here is an article fro La Prensa
Three years after the global economic downturn, tourists are once again looking at Central America.
Tourism in the isthmus grew at a rate of 3.4% over the first two months of the year, although slightly lower than global growth, it represents a major change for the region.
This is clear from the information provided by the World Tourism Organization, whose data points to Costa Rica as the largest recipient of tourists in Central America, having received 2.1 million visitors in 2010, equivalent to $2111 million in foreign exchange.
A report in Prensa.com.ni notes: “In 2009, according to the World Tourism Barometer, Central American countries were visited by 7.64 million tourists, who contributed to the economies of those countries something in the region $6,122 million.”
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