Two mega projects that will set off a boom in the hotel industry in the country's interior provinces will begin this year. The first to be erected, located on San Antonio beach in El Higo de San Carlos, will be a latest-generation mega resort comprising 601 rooms, a convention center, nightclubs and golf courses, at a cost of 120 million balboas.

Artisanal fishermen and boatmen in the Gulf of Montijo, on the Pacific coast of Veraguas Province, now have a new opportunity to launch a small business and earn income from responsible ecotourism, a way to enjoy the sea without jeopardizing its natural resources or the ecosystem.

Air connectivity and the home port for cruise ships provide a great advantage to the tourism industry in Panama. These are part of the logistics infrastructure being promoted internationally in marketing the country brand of Panama as a tourist destination, said businessmen in the tourism sector.