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.

The word Darién, in the language of the indigenous Kuna, identified the river that empties into the left branch of the lower Atrato River. Its etymology means 'the sun's horizon’ or ‘the setting sun', as Dat means ‘sun’ and Ié means ‘west’.

Small hotel owners in Latin America and the Caribbean met yesterday in Costa Rica to examine the possibility of creating a continental network to promote sustainable tourism development and to share their successful experiences.