Tourism

La industria del turismo ha sido un pilar clave en la administración del presidente Ricardo Martinelli y seguirá siendo eje fundamental de la economía panameña en sus esfuerzos por mantener el crecimiento del PIB junto a la creación de al menos 860 mil nuevos puestos de trabajo para 2020.

After a challenging few years, South Africa’s tourism sector is bouncing back, benefitting from the country’s affordability as a destination and its position as a business centre.

While two major natural disasters took their toll on the Philippines’ tourism industry during the latter part of 2013, strong overall demand from both the domestic and international markets helped the industry edge close to double-digit growth for the full year.

While Jordan’s tourism industry continues to labour under the weight of regional instability, with official figures showing a 14% decline in the number of visitors in 2013, a variety of novel initiatives could hold the key to recovery.

S’inscrivant dans le droit fil des autres évolutions encourageantes enregistrées par la Tunisie, l’annonce des résultats du secteur du tourisme pour l’année écoulée indique que ce dernier est en voie de rétablissement, avec un nombre d’arrivées et d’autres indicateurs se rapprochant toujours plus des niveaux prérévolutionnaires.

Despite emerging from one of its weakest performances in years, the Egyptian tourism sector shows signs that could portend a modest recovery in 2014.