Tourism
in Central America
Thursday, May 24, 2012
Greytown Airport will receive two weekly flights from Managua from the airline Costeña.
From this week, tourists can fly to San Juan de Nicaragua, located at the mouth of the river San Juan (south of the Caribbean region), with the local airline Costeña who is selling round trip tickets from Managua for $165.
Tuesday, May 22, 2012
Most investment promotion agencies are not responding to national enquiries by investors in the key sectors of agribusiness and tourism.
From a press release from the World Bank
According to Best Practices Study of Global Investment Promotion (Global Investment Promotion Best Practices) 2012 World Bank, 80 percent of investment promotion agencies are not responding to national enquiries by investors in the key sectors of agribusiness and tourism, despite the fact that countries are competing to attract investment.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Developer Newland International Properties announced that on May 18 it will have updates on topics of interest to bondholders.
Newland International Properties Corp., developer of Trump Ocean Club, should have made the second payment of capital on the issuance of $220 million in bonds on 15 May but did not do so.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
In 2011 $405 million was invested in projects in the tourism sector, and 2012’s investment is estimated at $842 million.
From a press release from the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP):
There is no doubt that tourism in Panama is taking giant leaps when beach projects are attracting thousands of visitors from around the world who choose to come to the isthmus to have their best vacation ever.
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Sustainable tourism results in being more attractive to travelers, savings in operations and preferential treatment, including economic and business benefits.
"Do not say that the natural wealth of Costa Rica produces no revenue: first place in the top ten most popular adventure destinations in the world by International Business Times magazine, host for 2013 of the largest international adventure event, Adventure Race World Championship 2013,Travel Weekly Readers Choice Award as the best destination in Central and South America and one of the top 10 honeymoon destinations according to Modern Bride magazine", writes Katiana Murillo on her ‘sostenible’ on Elfinancierocr.com.
Monday, May 14, 2012
Seven big events will be held in San Pedro Sula between May and July, encouraging tourism and the hospitality sectors.
With these seven events it is expected that more than two thousand visitors will come to the industrial city of Honduras, said Guillermo Orellana, director of the Convention Bureau in San Pedro Sula.
Friday, May 11, 2012
The ICT has awarded to the consortium International Design Group the contract for the design and construction of a new convention center in San Jose, Costa Rica.
The confirmation was made Juan Carlos Borbon, general manager of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), who said the decision must be countersigned by the Controller General's Office, reported Nacion.com.
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Some 220 international companies from 37 countries and 300 national entrepreneurs will present their tourist packages.
"The work done in recent years has resulted in approximately 100,000 tourists annually, which allows us to indicate that EXPOTUR has brought more that $ 600 million to Costa Rica, and contributed to job creation between 120,000 to 150 thousand positions," said Yadyra Simon, president of Acoprot to Nacion.com .
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The introduction of 500 rooms belonging to the Hard Rock Hotel will decrease the overall occupancy rate, with immediate financial effects.
"The franchise, known for its restaurants and hotels throughout the world, will officially open in October, but it has already begun to offer half of its rooms in a soft or partial opening before the official inauguration to showcase its range of restaurants and bars to the local market ", reports Prensa.com.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
The Ministry of Finance has valued the Panamanian Atlapa Convention Center at an amount that will be difficult for futures buyers to pay.
The appraisal of the Atlapa Convention Center, commissioned by the Ministry of Economy and Finance in Panama, gave the complex a value of over $130 million, said the manager of the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP), Solomon Shamah.
Monday, May 7, 2012
The countries of the region are compete for organizing events and conferences whose participants spend on average $1,200 per day.
Panama, Colombia and Costa Rica are building new convention centers to be opened in 2014, a major effort that aims to achieve a good slice of the cake that is convention tourism.
Friday, May 4, 2012
It is very difficult to understand as reasonable the Costa Rican Comptroller's annulment of the award for a Convention Centre by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute.
EDITORIAL
An article in Elfinancierocr.com reviews the details of a situation that is being repeated ad nauseum in most Central American countries, namely the difficulty of awarding important public works contracts with a minimum of speed and efficiency.
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Wednesday, May 2, 2012
The Ministry of Transport of El Salvador has begun a project to integrate the policies of airways and ports sectors.
The Ministry of Transport has launched a consultation with maritime transport companies and airlines in order to find out their priorities and requirements so as to develop a national policy for the sectors.
"One of the problems that our country faces is that transport policies have never been intergrated," said Nelson Garcia, Deputy Transport Minister in Laprensagrafica.com review.
Friday, April 27, 2012
The event this year aims to promote Costa Rica as a tourism destination and center for convention events.
Organizers of the 30th edition of the largest tourism fair in Costa Rica and the isthmus have ensured the participation of 220 companies at the event, which will be held from 9th to 11th May in San Jose.
The organizer’s main objective is to project the image of Costa Rica as a tourism destination for events, conferences and conventions, reported Nacion.com.
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