Holy Week Festivities Brought Nearly $1 Million to Paraguay´s Travel Industry

Paraguay welcomed 5,000 tourists during the Holy Week celebrations, an inflow that put roughly $1 million in the country´s coffers, Paraguayan Tourism Secretary Evanhy de Gallegos commented this week.

The most sought-after travel destinations were Puerto Falcon, Ita Enramada, the San Roque Gonzalez de Santa Cruz Bridge in Encarnacion and the Friendship Bridge in Ciudad del Este.

Domestic travelers also did their own. According to latest stats provided by Paraguay´s Tourism Department, a grand total of 152,000 Paraguayans sallied forth to other destinations across the country.