2023-09-25 23:00:30
The Guatemalan Tourism Institute (Inguat) reported this Monday that, according to estimates, the income of foreign currency from tourism in Guatemala between January and August totals $961.7 million. With more than 1,795,098 visitors from El Salvador, the United States, Honduras and Europe.
By Margarita Girón
According to the figures, during the first eight months of the year, 803,520 Salvadoran tourists have entered the country, followed by 394,258 visitors of American origin, as well as 126,719 Hondurans and 114,748 citizens from Europe. Fountain. Inguat
In addition, they highlighted that the average visit is 5 days, where each tourist spends an average of $101.56 per day. The most visited places being Antigua Guatemala, Lake Atitlán, Iximché, among others.
Inguat also reported that 59% of tourists who enter the country do so by land, while 38% do so by air and 3%, equivalent to about 45,000 visitors, do so by sea. Anayansy Rodríguez, Director of Inguat at a press conference. (Video capture).
JULY, THE MONTH WITH THE MOST INCOME OF TOURISTS
According to the data presented by the Inguat authorities, the month with the highest influx of tourists was July, with more than 259 thousand entries registered, followed by the month of April with 246 thousand entries and August, with 244 thousand visitors.
The figures have registered an increase in relation to what was registered in the same period of 2022. According to the figures, 1,795,018 people have arrived in Guatemala between January and August. Meanwhile, in the same period in 2022, 1,132,396 were reported, which means an increase of more than half a million people in 2023.
In addition, a recovery of 102% is reported compared to the pre-pandemic year, when 1,761,658 admissions to the country were reported.
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