Panama Tourism

    Panama Launches Project for Green Tourism   Özgür Töre   FT NEWS The Panama Tourism Authority (ATP), in alliance with the Ministry of Environment, has launched the “1,000 Kilometers of Trails” Project to preserve important ecological trails critical to tourism, ecology, and scientific discovery. Created within the framework of the Tourism, Conservation and Research (TCR) strategy of Panama’s Master Plan for Sustainable Tourism (PMTS) 2020-2025, this special initiative aims to conserve nature and diversify rural economies through the development of the outdoor recreation industry and green tourism in protected areas. It is also aligned with the national government's Colmena Plan, which has among its objectives that marginalized rural communities benefit from economic activities. “Tourism based on Panama’s Green Heritage is one of the fundamental areas of the economic reactivation strategy and it is incredibly important we create and seek out these opportunities,” said Iv