In Prensa Libre of Guatemala City Genner Guzmán told of the upcoming “día del descuentazo,” or “discount day,” in which more than three thousand merchants will gather to offer shoppers significant markdowns on

El Espectador of Bogotá reports that the Colombian government will turn to Spain for a tourism makeover for Bogotá. 

El Nuevo Diario of Managua says “the gamble was a success.”  Puerto Allende has become one of the largest amusement parks in Nicaragua, with numerous restaurants, receiving 94,000 visitors a month. 

Maneiro Iñigo Labayen wrote of “a mountain of sand” in El Comercio of Lima. Cerro Blanco, the highest dune in South America, rises to an imposing height of 2080 meters of fine sand above the other dunes that form the coastal desert. 

Mercopress of Montevideo reported that Brazilian tourism officials say that the country has stepped up efforts to lure more foreign tourists as Brazil gears up to host the 2014 World Cup.

Dinero Magazine of Bogotá proudly noted that cruise line presidents consider Cartagena a magnificent destination. 

Consuelo Ricart lays out Mexico’s tourism future in El Universal of Mexico City.  Countries that have achieved rapid development of their tourism industry, such as Ireland, Singapore, and Costa Rica had a “roadmap” and a development strategy. 

Luís Noguera noted in La Nación of Asunción that around 4000 Paraguayans visited Panama in 2012.  They are visiting the Panama Canal,

La Razón of La Paz.  Speaking at World Tourism Day President Evo Morales of Bolivia insisted that Bolivia

Gestión of Lima observed that today tourism is the third largest sector in the Peruvian economy, and