This footage was filmed and produced 20 December 2023.

The World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC) concluded in a recent joint study with ForwardKeys that El Salvador will experience the greatest dynamism in international tourist arrivals in the first half of 2024 of all Latin America.

The WTTC published this week the growth projections for Latin America, which in the first six months of the year will receive 12% more international tourist arrivals compared to the same period in 2019.
The list of top destinations in the region highlights El Salvador, where a strong growth of 157% of international tourists is expected compared to 2019.

It is followed by Nicaragua, with a variation of 142%, Guatemala with 52%, Honduras with 49%, as well as Costa Rica with 35%, Mexico with 31% and Colombia with 24%.

El Salvador's tourism industry contributed more than $3.7 billion to the economy last year. President Nayib Bukele's administration explains the upturn by improvements in citizen security that has mobilized especially Salvadorans abroad.

SHOTLIST:
1. various of San Salvador;
2. various of tourist beach;
3. various of businesses that accept Bitcoin;
4. various of pupusas (typical food) locals;
5. various of volcanoes;
6. various of animal sculptures on the road.