For those of us who live or have businesses in Chiriqui or Bocas Del Toro, the expense and hassle of getting there may be mitigated early next year if the tourism manager has his way. I have reported on this before, but the tourism authority has been in the papers again and I think it is important that the good news continues to be spread.
The cost of travel for tourists to the interior of the country is greatly increased when you consider that most visitors have to stay overnight in the city both coming and going. They have additional costs of ground transportation and then the very expensive per minute cost of regional airfare to contend with. All in all it can cost the tourist more after they arrive in the country to get to our province than it does to get to Panama from abroad. When you add it up it is just plain prohibitive to visit the best parts of Panama. Connecting flights from Tocumen will greatly reduce the inconvenience and costs and will help expand tourism into the interior of the country.
Machine translated from La Estrella
PANAMA. Travel from Buenos Aires to the province of Bocas del Toro, Panama, is not so far from reality, as the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP) aims to introduce low-cost semidirect flights from anywhere in Latin America, even from States USA.This was confirmed by the consultant of the ATP, Ernesto Orillac, who said the flight could be introduced to the country by the end of 2010 through the airlines wishing to join.
According to Orillac, the mechanics would be for passenger charter flights, which do not have a set schedule, from any city or country: Bogotá, Buenos Aires or Canada, can reach the Tocumen Airport and immediately board another plane to take them the airports of David, Chiriqui and Bocas del Toro.
"The five million tourists coming through Tocumen Airport a year would not have to waste time on the contrary, with this will be saving time and money," said the adviser of the ATP.
This, according Orillac because arriving at Tocumen take a couple of minutes to transfer from one plane to another and so go to Bocas del Toro and David, as the airline sells airfare to Panama in one package to the destination choose the traveler.
'For starters, begin with the airports of Bocas del Toro and David, but we are waiting to give us the order than at the new airport of Howard, which is ready "he said.
AIRPORT HOWARD
Regarding the newly constructed track at Howard, Orillac said the jobs are ready, even already installed the control tower and all that remains is to start operating, which could be before year end 2010.
Across the airstrip at Howard, was Orillac, tourists come faster to the beach hotels, which are popular within the country.
WHAT HAPPENS IN THE INTERIOR?
On Monday, Minister of Economy and Finance, Alberto Vallarino said we do not have enough good airports within the country which negatively affects tourism.
For Panama to be considered a tourist destination, they must have air connectivity.
Therefore, the ATP seeks to promote tourism through new travel connections, in addition to the more than 60 direct flights that already has in the country as to Costa Rica, Colombia and even the Asian continent, he said.
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