Nicaragua was visited by over one million tourists in 2010

2011-01-28

Mario Salinas, the Tourist Bureau head of Nicaragua pointed out that in 2010, the number of tourists visiting Nicaragua hit the one million mark, up to 1,015,775, growing by 9% over 931,904 of 2009. The tourists primarily came from Central America, the United States and Europe. Nicaragua made US$357 million revenues from tourism. Meanwhile, under the investment incentive offered by Tourist Industry Act #306, the total investment in tourism industry hit US$135 million, an all-time-high in the past five years.