Copa Airlines and Promtur, the Panama market organization as a destination, announced a second phase of the Panama Stopover campaign. Tourists will be able to take advantage of 2 destinations for the price of 1 from this month of October until February 28, 2023. Through the Stopover campaign, passengers from Colombia and Argentina who travel through Panama on Copa Airlines flights are encouraged to be able to include in their itinerary an extended stay in the country from 24 hours to 7 days, at no additional cost on the air fare, before continuing to their next destination.
Fernando Fondevilla, General Manager of Promtur Panama, said that what is sought with the new version of the Cup program, Stopover, is to generate fresh content about Panama’s attractions and priority destinations. “It is also to include within that value chain the hotel sector or tourism operators who offer packages or interesting attractions in terms of hotels and tours,” Fondevilla said.
The target markets of this campaign are the United States, Brazil, Colombia and Argentina. Visitors can stay up to 7 days in Panama, they will only have to cover transit taxes at Tocumen Airport.
At the event, Copa Airlines pointed out that in the second quarter of 2022 they recorded an 88% recovery in passenger movement compared to 2019, a pre-pandemic year.