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Place your bets on Panama tourism crisis

Thursday, March 10, 2016


 

Even the croupiers in the glamorous casinos of Panama are not safe from a crisis affecting the nation’s tourism industry.

Over the last year, the casinos have shed 1,200 workers. Meanwhile, hotel occupancy rates have slumped to 52 percent, their lowest in eight years.

Full story in Spanish