Panama: 2.27 million Tourists Spend $168 per day


News from Panama / Tuesday, January 28th, 2014

The 2.270 million visitors who came to Panama in 2013 stayed on average 9.3 days and spent $168 a day.

The number of tourists who came to Panama last year exceeded the target of 2,250 million set by the Tourism Authority of Panama.

“The month with the highest tourism spending is not necessarily the one with the most tourist arrivals. In March $323.5 million came into the country by way of tourist spending.

Foreign exchange earnings recorded in the period from January to November 2013 was 3.0529 billion dollars, compared to the $2.8176 billion in 2012, which is $235.3 million more than the previous year, a percentage increase of 8.4%. “