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A privileged geographic location, an exquisite natural beauty, a rich culture, and an avant-garde capital connected with the rest of the world make Panama a vogue touristic destination as well as the new jewel in Latin America. 

Over 750,000 tourists have visited Panama during the first five months of this year. This statistic represents an eight percent increase in the flow of tourists, compared to the same time period in 2010. Among these tourists, more than 500,000 arrived from distinct countries of the Americas. Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Ecuador, and Mexico stand out among the markets with the most volume and growth within the region. 

At the International Tourism Fair of the Americas, Panama is present as an exhibitor, manifesting that this event is a magnificent opportunity to promote, before Mexican travelers, members of the tourist industry, and Mexican and international journalists, its endless touristic qualities, which have turned it into one of the tourist destinations that is continuously growing in Latin America.   

The National Government and the Administrator of the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP, Spanish Acronym), Salomón Shamah, agreed to take the necessary steps to improve the conditions of the Atlapa Convention Center. The request emerged due to complaints from the events coordinators, who hoarded the fairground facilities last month. Shamah pointed out that besides the $2,000,000 that they have designated to invest in the refurbishment of Atlapa, they will also designate $1,000,000 to install additional air conditioning equipment.
 
The curtains and lighting systems of the Anayansi Theater will be changed as well. Currently, the plenary of the summit on climate change is taking place in Atlapa. This event gathers within 5 thousand and 7 thousand people in Panamá. For the rest of the year and early 2012, there are approximately 40 scheduled congresses and conventions in the country.  

Privilegiada localização geográfica, belezas naturais primorosas, uma rica cultura e uma capital vanguardista conectada com o resto do mundo , fazem com que o Panamá seja o destino turístico em voga, a nova jóia da América Latina

Mais de 750 mil turistas têm visitado o Panamá nos primeiros cinco meses deste ano, o que representa uns 8 por cento de aumento no fluxo de visitantes em relação ao mesmo período de 2010.Entre estes turistas, mais de 500,000 chegaram procedentes de distintos países do continente.Colombia, Argentina, Venezuela, Equador e México se destacam como os mercados com maior volume e crescimento dentro da região.

Panamá está presente como expositor na Feira Internacional de Turismo das Américas reconhecendo que o evento é uma magnifíca oportunidade para promover aos viajantes mexicanos, membros da indústria e jornalistas mexicanos e internacionais suas inesgotáveis qualidades que o tem convertido em um dos destinos turísticos que mais está crescendo na América Latina.

Today, with the crossing of the Island Princess through the Panama Canal, the cruise season begins and will run through the middle of next year, expecting the crossing of more than 200 hundred passenger ships through the interoceanic highway. The island Princess, from Los Angeles, California heading to Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the United States, marks the beginning of the 2011-2012 cruise season. This cruise ship, owned by the Princess Cruise Line, will make a 14-day voyage. According to Jaime Castillo, international trade specialist from the Panama Canal Research and Market Analysis Office, approximately 205 cruise ships are predicted this season, which will run through the middle of next year.
 
Among the main cruise ship companies that are considering Panama as a destination and the Panama Canal crossing experience are the following: Holland America Line, Princess Cruises, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, and Norwegian Cruise Line, all of which have duration itineraries of 10 days or more.

Granito de Oro is a tiny island that's a good snorkeling spot in Coiba National Park, Panama.

A LOGGERHEAD turtle swiveled its spotted head toward me, then disappeared beneath the waves as I slipped over the side of the boat with my snorkel, mask and fins.

Instantly, a Technicolor underwater world revealed itself: pastel-patched parrotfish, tiny purple-fairy maidens, big-eyed red squirrelfish and a school of purple finned sturgeonfish darting in and out of orange stag coral and purple sea fans.

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