As the first wave of baby boomers hits retirement age,
life overseas beckons. But be warned: Retiring abroad can have its
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Here we go again only this time the terms tourism and visitors are used in the same sentence to confuse the issue further. It only matters if you are in the tourism industry and depend on tourists rather than visitors to pay the bills. There is a diffe read more »
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This certainly does not bode well for the industry as a whole. Can Panama be immune from this spreading infection?

This has the ring of urban myth, but the number is so huge it seems worth repeating: API,
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I find this article interesting in officials summation of tourism for carnival.

"An estimated 17,000 tourists visited Panama during the
2007 Carnaval, which generated millions of dollars for the economy.
Officials said this year they hoped the figures are much higher."

From La Prensa

Business leaders linked to the tourism sector met yesterday to discuss government proposals that will impact the industry.

Representatives from the Asociación Panameña de
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I have attended this event each year for the past 10 and I am always astounded at the attendance numbers put out by the governing body. In this case the article below states attendance was down to 83,000 due to the brid read more »
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Interesting article from Forbes

According to this short note in LA Prensa today, there should be improvements made to the airports over the next year.

The Autoridad Aeronáutica Civil (AAC) has earmarked $4,575,000 for the
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Rodrigo Julio Molina expounds on Panama's past, present and future in this editorial I think you will find interesting.

This past Christmas season 2007 everyone is asking:  What is happening in Panama?   Every sin read more »
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This story from Costa Rica Pages travel and business gives us some insight into how Costa Rica promotes tourism. They are obviously bracing for a recession in the U read more »
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Seems the market in residential tourism in Spain is slowing dramatically just when there is a lot of invetory on the  market. Some adventurist Spanish developers have moved into the Panama market in hopes that it will continue to be strong i read more »
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My fellow Panama blogger Matt Landau came out with this piece about the future of Panama in the coming year. I agree with everything except his leaving out any mention of the fastest growing expat community in the Americas, Boquete. Maybe I shoul read more »