San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
During the first eight days of the Easter season, the biometric control system of the National Migration Institute (INM) He recorded that 30,405 international travelers they entered the country for tourism reasons, of which 10,450 are of Honduran origin mostly living abroad.
Followed by Hondurans entered 5,756 travelers from the United States, 5,756 Guatemalans, 4,527 Salvadorans and the rest from Nicaragua, Mexico, Spain, Panama, Costa Rica and Colombia, among others. The main reason for entering Honduras, as reported by Migration officers, was for tourism.
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Of the travelers, 69% were men and 31% were women. “39% of travelers entering Honduran territory are for tourism-related activities,” the report from the Migration Statistics Unit said.
The border delegations with the highest influx of tourists are La Taula (25%), El Amatillo (17%), Corinth (14%), Toncontín (11%) and Guasaule (10%). The report corresponds to entries from March 26 to April 2, 2021.
In eight days, the departures totaled 30,954 passengers between domestic and foreign, while for Easter 2019 97,284 travelers entered in a period of 10 days and by 2020 the health emergency for covid-19 did not allow the arrival of tourists.