Panama Tourism

    Week of Super Offers in Panama to attract tourists from Latin America The week of super commercial offers Panama Black Weekend will be held from September 14 to 18 to attract tourists from Latin America and with the expectation of generating sales of about 100 million dollars. Source: EFE About 2,500 businesses in 17 shopping centers in Panama will offer products with up to 70% discount during this week, said the president of the Panamanian Association of Shopping Centers (Apacecom), Nadkyi Duque. She stated that tourists from Ecuador, Costa Rica, Colombia, Argentina, the Dominican Republic, among others, have already announced that they will come to the Panama Black Weekend, which will celebrate its fifth edition this year. "We are optimistic about turning the month of September into the second month of the year with the highest sales in shopping malls. In all its versions, the Panama Black Weekend has managed to boost the economy, reaching sales of up to 100 millio

  Panama will stop requiring tourists and travelers to have a QR code and vaccination against COVID To date, Panama registers an average of 5,000 COVID cases per week, and more than 80% of the population has at least two doses of the anticovid vaccine. Source: Telemetro The Minister of Health, Luis Francisco Sucre, reported that Panama will eliminate the mandatory QR code and COVID vaccines, as a requirement for travelers. The Minsa and the Government Innovation Authority (AIG) are coordinated to define the elimination date. He clarified that "it is not being removed to remove it", but because the population, for the most part, is vaccinated against the coronavirus. "I believe that the population has already learned to take care of itself and there is a very high percentage of immunization," he added. Currently, to enter Panama, travelers must complete the Digital Health Affidavit. After this, each traveler will receive an email with a form and QR code through an at