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Panama Eco Tours Chitre, Herrera. Zoo Eco-Adventures Rivers in Chitré, is more than the exhibition of exotic animals, as it has other attractions that invite fun and leave behind the daily stress to get in touch with Mother Nature. The zoo is located a scant five minutes from the city of Chitre, behind the Neighborhood [...]

A look to the jump The Zumbón   In spite of its tourist potential, the jump The Zumbón, in Quema river, Tonosí’s district, has gone unnoticed in one of the basins with excellent water flow in Azuero.    There is two ways in order to arrive: one on the banks of the riverbed that initiates [...]

Embera Communities embrace tourism   The indigenous community along the Gatun River has embraced tourism, as well as the income that can be generated from this huge market. There is a group within this community that have, with the assistance of United States Agency for International Development, added an ethnic dimension to Panama’s tourism offer. [...]

Due to the major flooding experienced in various regions of Panama, and especially within the Chriqui region has resulted in the Panama National Environment Authority (ANAM) closing the Los Quetzales trail, due to the danger of landslides as well as due to the destruction experienced to bridges and parts of the trail. According to ANAM [...]

The Chamber of Commerce that reviews and provides projections of sales, originally projected at $700 million, has stated that the actual levels of sales that affect the retail trade sector, has exceeded this projection. According to the Chamber of Commerce a 15% increase in annual sales, and a 10% increase on the holiday season has [...]

Panama surpasses the 1,5 million tourist mark In a surprise ‘award ceremony’, a surprised Petitfrere Marc, from Boston, Massachusetts received recognition as the country’s 1,500,000th tourist for 2008. To add to the surprise Marc and his girlfriend, April Chestnut, received a fully paid week holiday supplied by the Panama Tourism Authority (ATP), in conjunction with [...]

The resident guides in El Valle de Anton, in the Cocle Province are calling on the Panamanian Tourism Institute (IPAT) to regulate the tourist guides in this area. The local guides, claiming that they have superior regional knowledge, have to compete with guides that are not from the area and do not add value to [...]

The all inclusive operators, who are currently developing the 300 room Breezes resort in Bijao, have expressed concerns over the lack of flights to Panama from the UK to meet anticipated demand for next summer. The company will use all of its influence in attempting to negotiate and encourage more flights to Latin America. Paul [...]

The doomsayers are always predicting the worst and waiting for the worst to happen, lets look at the facts about Panama’s tourism that have been highlighted in the media lately. The period of Januray through September have seen 1,1 million tourists coming to Panama, which represents an over 13% increase on the same period last [...]

The Minister of Tourism in Panama, Ruben Blades recently received recognition for the valuable contribution to tourism in Panama. The Bravo Awards recognized the leadership and innovation employed in this diverse industry with the country. The award was present to Blades by Michael Zellner, the editorial Director of the Latin Trade magazine. In the presentation [...]