A statement from the Costa Rican Coalition for Development Initiatives (CINDE) states that the foreign trade Minister will head a delegation from Costa Rica as part of an effort to attract investment beginning this year, to North Carolina, USA.
The statement notes that “During the visit, Minister Gonzalez will also meet with a group of experts in global value chains from Duke University.
The Minister of Foreign Trade, Anabel Gonzalez, along with Fernando Ocampo and Deputy General Director of the Costa Rican Coalition for Development Initiatives (CINDE) Gabriela Llobet, are aiming to attract investment in the financial, life sciences, advanced manufacturing, renewable energy services and high technology sectors, among others.
‘This is an interesting city, in which a large number of companies from different sectors are concentrated, ranging from textiles to finance, through high-tech industries and services. Promotion efforts in the destination country assures us contact with a variety of sectors and companies in which we are interested, we will share with them the advantages of Costa Rica as a destination for foreign direct investment and we hope to awaken and stimulate interest in exploring the country as a suitable place to operate’, explained Minister Gonzalez.”
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January 2011
More than $ 3 million will be allocated this year to promote the country as a tourist destination.
The resources will be allocated in 2011 to strengthen the country's presence in international fairs, bringing foreign media and advertising guidelines abroad, according to the director of Promotion and Marketing of the Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (Intur), Julio Videa.
August 2011
An internet campaign developed by the Tourism Authority has meant an increase in visits to the portal Visitpanama.com, which receives on average 73,430 hits per month.
According to the manager of the Tourism Authority of Panama, Solomon Shamah, advertising and web media promotion are an important methods of attracting tourists.
September 2010
Approximately 13 million US television viewers are expected to watch the reality show "Survivor Nicaragua", raising the country's profile like never before.
Javier Chamorro, executive director of the institution in charge of promoting investment in Nicaragua (ProNicaragua), played a crucial part in bringing "Survivor" to the country.
June 2008
the Guatemala Tourism Institute will spend 1.3 million dollars more this year on marketing and publicity.
The new spending comes in the face of an institute projection that tourism will remain below the level reached in 2006.
Institute Director Julio Orozco said he expects about 1.7 million tourists to visit the country this year.
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