Tourism in Panama is on the rise and the indicators show that the recovery is reflected in all segments, including arrivals of travelers, hotel capacity, and length of stays. ProPanamá, Camtur and Promtur Panama agree that the tourism sector is already at 2019 levels and is growing much more with all the initiatives that are […]
As of Tuesday, June 6, Panamanians will no longer need a special visa to enter Canada, since the country is now part of the Electronic Travel Authorization Program, allowing citizens to travel to the country without a visa, as reported by the Panamanian Foreign Ministry. With the Electronic Travel Authorization (-eTA) Program, the management time […]
The General Directorate of Revenue (DGI) since the implementation of Electronic Invoicing, has raised US$405 million and there is an 85% compliance among taxpayers who are obliged to invoice electronically, as stated by the director of the institution, Publio De Gracia. According to De Gracia, in 2022 what was collected in 2019 was already exceeded, […]
About 30 companies participated in the previous meeting and homologation on the basis of the prequalification of the project “Rehabilitation, Improvement and Maintenance of the West Pan-American Highway” (CPO), structured under the modality of Public-Private Association (APP), work estimated at a cost of US$300 million. Sources from the Ministry of Public Works reported during the […]
The commander of U.S. Southern Command,?U.S. Army General Laura J. Richardson, visited Panama June 14-16, to meet with leaders and reaffirm the close security partnership between the United States and Panama and visit the humanitarian and disaster relief exercise led by the Coordination Center for the Prevention of Disasters in Central America and the Dominican […]
The Maritime Authority of Panama (AMP), reported that it issued the order to proceed to implement a new technological platform for the registration of ships with the intention of optimizing processes and facilitating access to information. The new technological platform that will use the Panamanian Ship Registry, is called the Maritime Procedures System and Electronic […]
An international paleontology research published in the prestigious scientific journal Biology Letters provides new information on the extinct cetacean fauna of odontocetes of Panama and the connectivity between the Caribbean and the Pacific during the late Miocene. The group that carried out the research on the Caribbean coast of Panama is made up of Aldo […]
Panama’s Geisha coffee sets new quality record Five of the 18 international judges from Australia, China, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Bulgaria, and the United States gave their Geisha cups 100 points, The Geisha, luxury coffee set a new quality record among specialty coffees, with 96.50 points, in the XXVII International Tasting of the Best of […]
t the close of the IMEX Frankfurt 2023 fair, one of the most important fairs of meeting tourism, 17 participating Panamanian companies accompanied by the Tourism Promotion Fund (PROMTUR) Panama, reported business opportunities for US$5,477,900. During the event recently held in Germany, the delegation of tourism providers of Panama, which was made up of hotels, […]
In Panama, jaguars in fragmented territory have clashed with local ranchers and livestock. Now a National Geographic Explorer has a plan to turn the embattled species and ranchers into unlikely allies. What started as a leisurely walk through the rainforest has transformed into a punishing slog as the terrain grows more rugged and steep. At […]