Tourism earns Central America $7.34 billion

Tourism earned $7.34 billion last year in Central America, a 0.9 percent increase on 2009.

Panama and Costa Rica were the region’s top earners in tourism, with $2.55 billion and $1.96 billion respectively, according to a preliminary report by the Secretaria for Tourism Integration in Central America.

Guatemala earned $1.38 billion, Honduras $650 million, El Salvador $518 million and Nicaragua $282 million.


Original source (in Spanish): Efe