Tourism in Panama
Tourism in Panamarepresents one ofPanama‘s main activities. The main areas of tourism in the country focus on business tourism, beaches, health and trade.[1]Most of the tourists come from theUnited States,Canada,Europe,Central America,andSouth America.[2]Tourism generates profits of approximately US$1,400 million annually.[3] This figure has increased rapidly since themillionth touristarrived in 2004.[4]There were 2 million tourists in 2011.[5]
About 1.5 million tourists entered Panama in 2013 via theairport of Tocumen.In Panama a tourist, on average, spends US$365–385per day, the highest per capita tourist spending inCentral America,[6][7]while the average tourist in Panama stays for between 6 and 7 days.
In 2011, Panama was visited by more than 2 million tourists, an increase of 18% compared to 2010.The New York Times Magazineplaced Panama as the best place to visit in 2012 as the country's economy was working well,[clarification needed]with Panama having regained the control of the Canal 12 years previously. For the daily the hallmark of the country is the inter-oceanic way and its extension, which must end in 2014,[clarification needed]with an investment of billions of dollars.
TheWaldorf AstoriaPanama, the first Waldorf Astoria hotel in Latin America, opened in March 2013. The Trump Ocean Club, opened in 2010 and is nowJW Marriott Panama.TheBioMuseo,a center of natural history, opened in October 2014.[8]The old part of the city,Panamá Viejo,has been a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1997. Thearchipelago of Bocas del Toro,is popular with backpackers.
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Ave. Balboa,Panamá City -
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Panamá Viejocathedral tower -
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Convent of Santo Domingo -
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View of the colorfulBiomuseolocated in Panama City.
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[edit]- ^"It presented Panama as a tourist destination (in Spanish)".RetrievedOctober 27,2010.
- ^"Panamá will invest 28 million euros over the next five years to boost tourism (in Spanish)".RetrievedOctober 27,2010.
- ^"Tourism generates B/1.368 million until October (in Spanish)".RetrievedJanuary 11,2010.
- ^"An Argentine will be the 'million tourist'".RetrievedJanuary 11,2010.
- ^"Panamá will close the 2010 with 1.7 million visitors, 150,000 more than the previous year".RetrievedJanuary 11,2010.
- ^"Arrival of Tourists to Panamá increases 14.2 percent (in Spanish)".RetrievedJanuary 11,2010.
- ^"Tourism in Panamá increased by 14.2 percent".RetrievedJanuary 11,2010.[permanent dead link]
- ^Dobrzynski, Judith H. (23 October 2014)."Biomuseo Showcases Panama's Ecological Diversity"– via www.nytimes.com.
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