The growth of Coronado and the surrounding Pacific beach communities is reaching new heights. A new strip mall is under construction at the turnoff to Playa Coronado from the Inter American Highway. Coronado Mall will be completed in 2010 and will have 35 comm...
Tourism Up 11.7% in Panama Despite Ecomonic Crisis In spite of the global financial crisis, tourism grew in Panama 11.7% in January, said tourism Minister Ruben Blades today. He said both the number of visitors and the money spent in the country by tourists increased.According to the data from the Tourism Auth...
Report on Panama as 2008 Draws to a Close A note to some readers: I will frequently use the word "billion" below. I am well aware that it is used differently or not at all in some countries and languages (Spanish, for example). When I use it, I am referring to 1,000,000,000 or what many of y...
Panama Biggest Airport Ready to Be Expanded The Tocumen airport of the Panamanian capital is ready to undertake construction work that will enable to increase its current operation capacity by 38 percent, revealed sources of this sector on Sunday. The biggest Panamanian air terminal has already finished...
The Expansion of Panama's Economy and Canal "I originally started off in Costa Rica, as many people in Panama today have done....Sort of on a whim, I went down to Panama for a weekend, and those three days turned into seven, and the next thing you knew, I was moving all my things out of Costa Rica ...
Investment Opportunities in Panama Panama has a variety of investment opportunities, including a burgeoning condo market in Panama City, miles of untouched beaches on the Caribbean coast and everything in between. While some markets are poised to become overbuilt, others are still full of long-...
The Costa Rica Experience Moves Next Door IT'S a Friday afternoon in Boquete, Panama, and the main street resembles Anytown, U.S.A. There is a mom-and-pop coffee shop with round tables, premade sandwiches and a dessert case. Nearby is a tiny video store, with posters advertising “Misión I...
New Road Construction Should Relieve Traffic Congestion Traffic jams are a part of daily life for the Panamanian motorist. Every day it gets harder to move freely around the streets of Panama City, where there are 330,000 vehicles of the 640,000 total in the entire country. Some 70,000 cars use Ave. Balboa every da...
Super Road Trip to the Azuero Peninsula I had decided to take a few days off work and explore some of the lesser known parts of Panama. The real estate and tourism booms in various regions of the country are what keep my finances afloat. But it’s the secret nooks and hidden crannies of the cou...
Relocating Abroad: Ahhhh! Moving is exciting for some and dreadful for others. The chore of packing all your personal belongings, making new friends and confronting the unknown can be daunting. However, a change of scenery, great job opportunity or better lifestyle can be extremely mot...
