This award, organized by the American magazine Global Traveler, annually recognizes the performance of tourist destinations.

In its twelfth edition, the Leisure Lifestyle Awards, recognize Panama for the third consecutive year as the “Best Leisure Destination” in Latin America and South America. This award ceremony, organized by the North American magazine Global Traveler, annually recognizes the performance of tourist destinations and brands in the leisure, luxury and lifestyle travel segments.

Panama was recognized by the readers of Global Traveler magazine for its vibrant culture, captivating biodiversity and impressive architecture, winning in this category destinations such as Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Montevideo and Mendoza. The magazine has highlighted in various articles, hiking, gastronomy, water sports and visits to indigenous communities on the banks of the Chagres River, among the most interesting activities.

The publication also recommends a 10-day stay to live a complete experience in our country, details the statement of the destination marketing organization (DMO) of Panama, Promtur.

Jennifer Janson, marketing director of Promtur and who attended the awards ceremony in Pennsylvania, United States, thanked on behalf of all Panamanians for this award given to the destination. “We are excited and proud of this distinction that once again recognizes Panama as the best destination in the region, thanks to the richness of our culture, biodiversity and natural beauty,” he said.

This Leisure Lifestyle Awards award adds to the chain of awards that the country has received, in the last three years, including the TripAdvisor awards, “The Best of the Best 2024” in the categories: Destinations that are trending this year to visit and best gastronomic destinations internationally.

Global Traveler is a publishing house based in the United States, which has more than 500,000 readers, mainly with high purchasing power.

To select the winners, the publisher conducted a survey of its readers from July 15, 2023 to March 8, 2024, with open questions to recognize the best in the various categories from leisure, luxury and lifestyle travel.