Copa Airlines re-launches incentives and discounts to reactivate tourism in Panama

 

Copa Airlines re-launches incentives and discounts to reactivate tourism in Panama

Copa Airlines re-launched a set of incentives to reactivate the tourism sector in the Central American country, hard hit by the covid-19 pandemic, at a time in which the authorities are lifting the restrictions.

Source: EFE

“Copa’s contribution is encompassed in two aspects: one has to do with the offer of quite aggressive promotional rates from different destinations that are key for the country and for the different initiatives that we are launching (…) and on the other hand, the market is there, with our own resources, “the senior director of Marketing, External Communications and the Frequent Flyer Program of Copa Airlines, Marco Ocando, told Efe.

Copa Airlines, together with the Tourism Promotion Fund (Promtur Panama), presented a series of initiatives, which include special incentives and discounted rates on air tickets.

These are “initiatives that are being carried out or will do so soon and seek to reactivate the tourism industry in Panama,” the director of Promtur Panama, Fernando Fondevila, told EFE.

Among them is the “Panama Stopover” program, which offers an incentive so that passengers who travel annually through the Tocumen Airport, with any Copa Airlines flight, can include in their itinerary a stay of up to 6 days and 7 nights, without additional cost in airfare.

“This program had been launched before the pandemic and had been very successful in the short term. But for obvious reasons we had to stop it. Although today we come with an improved program,” said Fondevila.

Another one is “Irresistible Panama”, which is based on airfare at reduced prices to travel to Panama from more than 30 destinations. Special fares average a 35% discount on ticket prices.

Together with the Tourism Authority of Panama (ATP), the Ministry of the Presidency, the Ministry of Health (Minsa) and the Government Innovation Authority (AIG), the Panamanian airline also promotes the tourist vaccination program “Vacutur Panama” , which will offer tourists over the age of 30 the option to get vaccinated against the covid-19 AstraZeneca.

“I believe that Panama is the only country that is actively promoting that they come to be vaccinated. There are other countries that allow you to be vaccinated, but not actively promote it. This is something in which Panama is being novel,” added Ocando.