The project will begin next January and will start with the refurbishment of the first farms of the 90 included on the project. These will be ready to welcome tourists by May 2011.
The funding includes $ 2 million for the Ometepe tourism conglomerate, $ 2 million to the Department of Rio San Juan and $ 3 million for the proposed agro tourism farms in Nicaragua.
The farms will be equipped to be used as shelters and provide food service, hiking and horseback riding.
The promotion of these farms is done through Intur and advertising agencies which Nicaragua has in the U.S. and Europe.
This will allow the owners of these farms, whether in cooperatives or individual, to increase revenue and diversify business.
The project also provides economic support to small and medium tourism industries of Rio San Juan and Ometepe. Loans to beneficiaries will range between three thousand and one hundred thousand dollars depending on the needs of gives each project.
Along with this funding there will be training for farm workers so they can better serve tourists who visit the businesses and farms..
Source: Nicaraguan Tourism Institute
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November 2009
A support program, funded with $1.2 million donated by Luxembourg, will benefit 130 touristic SMEs from the country's north.
This program will provide financial and logistic assistance to local companies, in order to increase the number of visitors to the area known as the 'Coffe Route'.
July 2009
Some 500 micro, small and medium enterprises from the tourism area will be trained on business management over the next three years.
The program is called Tourism Development in South West Nicaragua, and is funded by the Dutch government and the "Centro Empresarial Pellas" Foundation. 500 SMEs will be chosen to participate, among hotels, restaurants, food suppliers, tour operators and agricultural tourism.
August 2010
Between January and July growth of 5% was reported in rural community tourism.
The 90 farms that are part of Nicaragua's Agro-tourism Farms initiative have reported an increase in tourist numbers, comments Harold Ramos Orozco, president of Nicaraguan Rural Community Tourism Network (Renitural in Spanish).
December 2011
The Intur, with the support of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, has announced new investments to develop the second phase of the ‘Ruta del Café’ (Coffee Route).
The departments that make up the ‘Ruta del Café’ are Jinotega, Matagalpa, Estelí, Madriz and Nueva Segovia.
The first stage saw the completion of 31 tourism projects such as museums, parks and other cultural establishments, said Mayra Salinas, vice minister of the Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (Intur).
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