Tourism means a lifeline for Salvadoran economy

The Salvadoran government seeks to beef up its brittle economy through the promotion of its natural beauties and the intention to lure 85,000 visitors this year. The Salvadoran Tourism Corp. (CORSATUR) is determined to churn out earnings way over the $342 million reaped the year before and $100 million more than in 2001.

According to CORSATUR, El Salvador is hampered by the problem that most foreigners travel to the country on either labor contracts or business trips, therefore their stays hardly ever surpass two days on a minimum spending.

That has prodded Salvadoran authorities to map out a campaign in conjunction with Costa Rica’s Ministry of Tourism to advertise Central America as just one destination through the sale of travel packages swaddling the entire region

The tourist program entitled Central America, So Small, So Big is focused on Honduras, Guatemala, Costa Rica and Nicaragua, countries El Salvador get the largest chunk of vacationers from, CORSATUR informed.

Tourism-related revenues made by El Salvador are way below the money remittances sent by Salvadoran workers overseas that tallied more than $1.9 billion in 2002.