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El Salvador registers 3 million visitors, equivalent to more than US$3.6 billion in foreign exchange by 2023
The country is increasingly becoming a tourist attraction of great interest for foreigners, due to the work that has been done in recent years, these strategies have yielded positive results both in social development and in the economic sector for the benefit of the population.
Miss Universe leaves more than US$179 million in foreign exchange to the country
The government of El Salvador has bet on increasing tourism in the country, in order to attract foreign exchange to the State's coffers, so in order to make more of the national territory known to foreigners, the Miss Universe contest was held to attract more attention from the world.
August vacations brought US$90 million in foreign exchange to El Salvador
The Ministerio de Turismo (MITUR) provided a balance sheet explaining that during the August vacation season, El Salvador was expected to receive more than 75 thousand visitors, but the number increased by 15%, that is, it welcomed 90 thousand tourists.
MITUR expects US$6 million in foreign exchange from World Surfing Championship
El Ministerio de Turismo (MITUR), informed that it expects more than US$6 million will be mobilized in the tourism sector in the department of La Libertad from may 27 to thursday, june 5, dates in which La Bocana and El Zunzal will become the scenarios of the Surf City El Salvador ISA World Junior Surfing Championship 2022.
MITUR expects US$1.7 billion in foreign exchange to enter the country by 2022
The Ministerio de Turismo (MITUR) estimates an arrival of 1.7 million international visitors, which represents US$1.7 billion in foreign exchange earnings. As for domestic tourism, 9.1 million domestic visitors are expected, generating more than US$300 million in income.
Tourism affirms that the country will achieve US$1.462 billion in foreign exchange by the end of 2021
The minister of Tourism, Morena Valdez, explained that from january to december of last year, the country reached more than 1.4 million visitors and we expected 1.2 million. The projection in foreign exchange was US$800 million and it surpassed it with US$1,462 million.
El Salvador could close 2021 with US$1.447 billion in foreign exchange from tourism
The Ministry of Tourism (MITUR) informs salvadorans that the tourism projection at the end of 2021 will be US$1,447 million in foreign exchange from tourism.
MITUR indicates that revenue projections to september 2021 of US$1,126.1 million have been achieved
The minister of Tourism, Morena Valdez, indicated that the projection to december 2021 was US$800 million in foreign exchange; however, as of september 2021, US$1,126.1 million had already been achieved; meanwhile, visitors, between january and september, reached 888,742.
Minister of Tourism highlighted that US$800 million in foreign exchange is projected by the end of 2021
The good positioning that El Salvador has obtained has allowed it to host the Junior World Surfing Championship in 2022 and the ISAWorlds 2023, affirmed the minister of Tourism, Morena Valdez.