Panama Real Estate Blog

Panama is below that of the region average in terms of the costs of moving cargo, making the country very attractive in terms of the logistics and supply chains fields. Panama’s logistics companies have an average overhead cost of 12, 4% in comparison to the regional average of 14,7%.
The results were according to a survey [...]

Holland America has increased its scheduled Panama Canal cruises, with a total of 45 different cruises to choose from. The shipping line uses 9 different ships in its offer to cruisers to travel through the Panama Canal. The company has increased the featured cruise trips due to a substantial demand by many of its customers [...]

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 [...]

Panama’s tourism industry has been claimed as the number one industry in the country, with an increase by 24%. In turn the tourism authorities and developers have worked hard and continue to do so in developing this very lucrative market. There are over 104 new hotel developments, in progress, in Panama City alone. The tourism [...]

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 [...]

Along with most tourism destinations on an international basis, Panama has committed to a sustainable tourism program. Their plan entitled Plan Maestro de Turismo Sostenible 2007 – 2020, takes a realistic and developmental view of truly establishing a sustainable route forward for the tourism industry in Panama.
The overall project goal includes:
The promotion of sustainable tourism [...]

Recent announcements by the Spanish airline carrier Iberia, confirm Panama’s position as one of the top ranking tourist destinations in the world. An additional flight will be added, with effect January 4th on the carrier’s Madrid Guatemala Panama route. Despite the company’s Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday existing flights, strong demands have indicated necessity for [...]

Panama also has more than 1,600 islands, including the Amerindian-inhabited San Blas Islands in the Caribbean Sea; the Archipelago de las Perlas in the Gulf of Panama and largest island, which serves as a penal colony, Coiba in the Gulf of Chiriqui.
Coiba – which served as a penal colony, until 2004, is located as in [...]

Since the days of the Spanish explorers, the Isthmus of Panama was recognized as a strategic trade route. It was only in the late 19th century that the first operations began to connect the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans.
In 1881, the construction began under concession of the Colombian government, by a privately owned French company named [...]

A guide to the best Medical tourism destinations across the globe

Medical tourism is the new buzzword industry in many developed countries. With healthcare costs spiraling through the roof in developed countries like the US and UK, people afflicted are looking towards alternate destinations to get their treatments taken care of at lower costs with an [...]