In one year, visits to the website www.visitpanama.com jumped from 39,000 to 100,000, and 25% of the traffic is registered as coming from the United States.
Panama has consolidated its presence on the Internet as a tourist destination, as revealed by statistics. Over the past two years, the number of people surfing for information on tourism in the country has doubled. Google Adworks, one of the measurement tools created by the biggest Internet search engine, reports some 49,500 searches monthly, whereas in 2010 the average was 20,000. The majority are done from laptop or desktop computers, but the last year has seen an increased number of searches by mobile devices.
There will be Carnivals in Festival of all Festivals
Sammy and Sandra Sandoval confirmed that they will be in Chitré for the Festival of all Festivals. This event is a compilation of the principal folkloric expressions of the country, and these will be reflected in a parade on Saturday, September 8 in the heart of the city of Chitré in Herrera Province. There will also be two concert stages on September 7 and 8 for performances by not only the kings of cumbia, but also famous artists like Ulpiano Vergara, La K-Shamba, the National Combos, Japanese, Keny and Kiara, Cristian Nieto, The Pescuizipelaos, Principal, and others.
Copa Airlines celebrated five years of successful operations in Jalisco, supporting the promotion of the state and its attractions in a caravan to South American nations, along with the Jalisco Ministry of Tourism, the Guadalajara Visitors and Conventions Bureau and the Puerto Vallarta Trust for Tourism. Seminars for the major travel agents, tour operators and media will be conducted and the various attractions that Perla Tapatia offers its visitors will be presented.
A group of six young and up-and-coming artists will represent Panama in the World Event Young Artists in England.
In the wake of the recent Olympic Games in London, the English city of Nottingham adds another event to the cultural activities that always happen around the athletic encounter. The World Event Young Artists (WEYA) convenes a thousand emerging artists (18 to 30 years old) from across the world for a 10-day program of cultural festivals, workshops and meetings, notes Alexandra Schjelderup, a cultural promoter and the national coordinator of this activity.
With the objective of tightening cultural ties with Latin American countries, the city of Aguadulce, in the province of Coclé, will host the VII Folkloric Dance Festival for Couples on Thursday, September 6 in the gymnasium of the Rodolfo Chiari school.
