The behavior   The tourism is one of the headings that more currencies are leaving Nicaragua. 183 million dollars contributed the sector during the 2005, with the arrival of 712 thousand tourists. 239 million dollars left in the 2006, with the arrival of more than 770 thousand visitors. 262.9 million dollars are what projects to contribute in the 2007, with the arrival of more than 800 thousand tourists.

At the end of January the national tourism “will have the foot” in the United States, although not indeed to attract tourists Nicaragua.

The manager of tourist promotion of the Agency of Promotion of Investments of Nicaragua (ProNicaragua), Michael Navas, advanced yesterday that the country will participate, from the 22 to the 24 of January, in the Fair of Alis Investments that reunites to 1.500 bound people world-wide to the hotel sector.

The goal of the nica delegation, in agreement with Navas, will be the one to establish alliances with great marks of the described industry, among them Marriot.

“Since the country has a deficit in hotel rooms, and that is what we try to solve in the fair”, argued.

According to official estimations, the national territory account with 5.300 rooms, in hotel infrastructure terms.

“But they are required between 700 and 1.000 rooms to more lodge the tourists (who happen more than three nights to local level)”, specified Navas.

Nicaragua will be present in the event, next to Guatemala and Honduras.

The Nicaraguan retinue will be conformed by ProNicaragua, the Nicaraguan Institute of Tourism (Intur), the Pacific Big Group and the hotel the Great France, of Granada. Navas added that ProNicaragua will take advantage of the encounter to position to the country between the specialized consultants of the hotel sector, who are generating of opinion.

And to establish agreements with the School of Administration of Hotels Cornell, one of most prestigious of the world.