The Tourism Ministries of the Central American countries stated that the final visitor figures for 2013 was a total of 12,959,843 visitors, 3.83% more than in 2012. The Central America countries consisting of Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama.
The profits generated by tourism sector for the region amplified by 18% from US$7,961 million in 2012 to US$9,397 million in 2013 which showed spending were also high in Central America last year.
The growing popularity of the region is the result of continuous the efforts of the Central America Tourism Agency to endorse the destination in Europe, and the constant venture on transport infrastructure, new hotels and tourist products, along with an improved variety of tour packages and flights. The region sustained to raise in fame among European guests, with a total of 890,821 European travelers in 2013, an increase of 3.44% compared to the previous year. Spain (172,529 visitors) and Germany (128,770 visitors) remain the main source markets in Europe, followed by the UK (104,810 visitors). Costa Rica and Panama were the two countries that observed the record increase in the number of European visitors, 5.6% and 18.5% up respectively.
Source:travelandtourworld.
