According to the “Annual Global Retirement Index of 2016,” from “International Living,” Panama has been categorized as the number one destination for retirees. It is known as the “bridge of the world, the heart of the universe.”

The longest bike path in Paraguay is 25 kilometers long and is located on the new route: Luque-San Bernardino. This will be home to various international events attended by cyclists from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and other countries. Over 35 cyclist groups will attend.

Brazil’s largest travel agency, CVC, is known for offering affordable packages to tourists, but in 2015 lower income tourists were amazed by what they could afford.

The return of regular flights will be a boom for tourism, but Cuba may not be ready to handle the onslaught. 

Costa Rican tourism is famous for beaches, national parks with abundant wildlife, zip lining, rafting, volcanoes, etc. Yet it also boasts significant archaeological sites. 

What is more, the president of the National Chamber of Tourism, Jorge Jochamowitz, estimated that tourism would increase by 7% in 2016, but that the Peruvian capital will probably fall behind Brazilian cities during the Olympics. 

For the Dominican Republic’s Minister of Tourism, Francisco Javier García, this year has been one of the best for the tourism industry over the past four decades. 

A few days ago, I returned from an inspection visit of Isla Colón, Bocas del Toro. During the trip, there were a few things that caught my attention and I wish to share these with my readers.

Mompox, “a perfectly preserved and isolated colonial town surrounded by wetlands in northern Colombia, can feel like making a journey into the past,” at least for now. 

The XXIII Meeting of the Regional Subcommittee of the International Council of Museums in Latin America and the Caribbean (ICOFOM LAM), whose central theme was “diversity and confluences in thinking about the Latin American museum” was held for the first time in Panama at the Museo del Canal Interoceánico.