The participation of ten international wholesale tour operators in the second edition of the Fair of Tourism SMMEs Nicaragua to help sell the world , according to industry sources in the country.
International wholesalers from Brazil , Argentina , Canada , Chile, Costa Rica , Panama , El Salvador and Guatemala , among others , came to hear the Nicaraguan tourism , in order to include it in their packages, said yesterday the executive president of the Nicaraguan Institute Tourism, Mayra Salinas.
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"The expectation is that they can establish contacts , alliances, to begin to promote packages to Nicaragua ( ... ) , already with contacts ," Salinas said.
She noted that tourists from South America are coming up more than Nicaragua . The arrival of tourists from Brazil, for example , grew last year by 6.4 % compared to 2012 , said.
" Argentina grew, Venezuela has grown a lot , actually south of our country are very interested , although long distance travel ( tourism from South America ) is growing because our offer is very interesting ," said the official.
The president of the Nicaraguan Chamber of Small and Medium Tourism Enterprises, CANTUR , Leonardo Torres stressed that wholesalers are interested to publicize sustainable tourism initiatives .
"We come to grow at rates of 6% ," he said Torres. At the fair, which ends today , involved 354 tourism mipymes . END