Tourists Spent $1.1 Billion in Panama in 2007

       

     

    Juan Carlos Mastellari Speaking Before the CADE  

  By Roberto González Jiménez for La Prensa - Tourists visiting Panama in 2007 spent more than $1.1 billion dollars in the country, representing a 23% increase over the level of tourist activity for 2006, according to Panama's Minister of Commerce and Industry Carmen Gisela Vergara, who spoke yesterday during the inauguration of the 42nd Annual Conference of Business Executives (CADE.) Vergara addition that approximately 114,000 Panamanians are employed in the tourism industry throughout the country.

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Turistas gastaron $1,100 millones en 2007

LA PRENSA/David Mesa Juan Carlos Mastellari, presidente de Apede.1017064

Roberto González Jiménez rgjimenez@prensa.com

Los turistas que ingresaron a Panamá en 2007 gastaron mil 100 millones de dólares, lo que representó un 23% más que en 2006, reveló ayer la ministra de Comercio e Industrias, Carmen Gisela Vergara, durante la inauguración de la 42 edición de la Conferencia Anual de Ejecutivos (CADE).

Vergara dijo, además, que el sector generó unos 114 mil empleos en todo el país.