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15.10.2024 - 22:25 / travelpulse.com / Central America / Frank Gehry
Point Panama offers one of the best views of the Central American capital from its impressive viewpoint. (Photo Credit: Valentín Fuentes)
In addition to its strategic geographical location, Panama is a country with a complete tourist offer that includes places of rest and adventure on beaches, mountains, coasts, high-level services, and a sophisticated gastronomic variety that fuses local flavors with dishes of international cuisine.
To promote the tourist attractions of this Central American country, the Panama Travel Mart 2024 was held in the city of David, the capital of the province of Chiriquí. There, the leading service providers met with the continent's most critical business buyers. "Chiriquí is an area of great potential because we have forests, flora, fauna, and different experiences that we must promote to receive more visitors. We have an international airport and road," said Joaquín de León, mayor of Chiriquí.
The city of David is strategically located and has become a hub where visitors stay overnight and then go to enjoy experiences on beaches, the sea (whale watching), and the heights of the Baru Volcano. All this is an hour away.
The impressive old town of Panama City is a World Heritage Site. (Photo Credit: Valentín Fuentes)
Ernesto (Tito) Orillac, President of Panama Travel Mart 2024, explained that "80 percent of the country's tourism infrastructure is located in the capital city and the Pacific area, while 80 percent of the tourist product is in the Caribbean and Pacific and wholesalers from more than 12 countries have been able to know these wonders."
He highlighted that Panama Travel Mart's priority destinations are the United States (with a connectivity of more than 20 cities), Canada, Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina, France, Spain and Brazil.
Panama, widely known for its emblematic canal, through which about five percent of the world's products pass, also has an extraordinary range of experiences for all types of visitors that start in the old town, a World Heritage Site, which has extraordinary colonial buildings, luxury hotels, and top-notch restaurants. "The trend is heading towards gastronomy with a great fusion of Afro-Antillean, Chinese, and Peruvian-Japanese, among others, and we already have three restaurants in the Latin 50 list," says the President of Panama Travel Mart.
Panama's gastronomic offerings display sophisticated dishes with recipes that fuse local and international flavors. (Photo Credit: Valentín Fuentes)
In another part of the city, the colorful Biomuseo, designed by Frank Gehry, Poin Panama, skyscrapers with the most enormous glass gazebo in Central America, and a zipline and swing for adrenaline lovers from the heights.
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