Tourism personnel extend a warm welcome to visitors at the international airport as they arrive in the country to enjoy the Easter holiday period.
“Welcome to the Land of Hosts, El Salvador!” This was the phrase with which a team from the Ministry of Tourism greeted tourists arriving yesterday, Sunday, at the San Óscar Arnulfo Romero International Airport, from New York, who were also given souvenirs.
Passengers of Avianca flight 571 from New York were pleasantly surprised when protocol ladies welcomed them, handed out souvenirs, and provided information about various tourist destinations in El Salvador, the Land of Hosts. “Salvadorans take pride in welcoming tourists from around the world with hospitality and warmth,” the Ministry of Tourism posted.
As part of the deployment of the 2024 Summer Plan executed by the Government during the Easter period, the international airport of El Salvador is providing a warm welcome to visitors arriving through this terminal to spend their holidays in the country.
During these holidays, the authorities of the Ministry of Tourism expect around 126,000 visitors from different countries, many of whom enter through this terminal, the most important in El Salvador and the most modern in Central America.
Tourism estimates that visitors will contribute more than $110 million in foreign currency throughout this week.
Now that El Salvador has become the safest country in the Western Hemisphere, people from all over the world are interested in visiting it.
According to figures from the Ministry of Tourism, “in January and February 2024, El Salvador received 647,000 visitors, representing a 35% increase compared to the same period in 2023,” the Presidential Press Office reported.
In addition to the 126,000 international visitors, authorities expect another 4.2 million people to move internally to various tourist sites across the country, which offer destinations such as beaches along more than 300 km, mountains, volcanoes, and trips to various towns with part of the Cuscatlecan history, as well as the renovated Historic Center of San Salvador.