The anti-corruption group Transparency International annually publishes a “corruption perceptions index,” which measures the level of government corruption in each country. In the latest index, which was released in November, the majority of the 180 countries analyzed scored below five on a scale from 0 (perceived to be highly corrupt) to 10 (perceived to have [...]
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Publishers Riding Wave of Central America’s Popularity
There’s been a 65 percent increase in North Americans traveling to Honduras over the past five years, Ensley Eikenburg, associate publisher at Frommer’s told USA Today last week. The story was about Frommer’s recently released guide to Honduras. She added that since Frommer’s began publishing its Costa Rica guide in 2001, it’s been one of [...]
I Heart Central America’s Random Taglines
Do tourism slogans actually work? I doubt it. At best, they manage to associate a place with some unrelated, but positive concept–like love. At worst, they make a fantastic punchline about a destination that few people would want to visit. Take one of the oldest travel slogans: “Virginia is for lovers.” I’ve lived near the [...]
Happy Independence Day Latin America
September 16th is a special day for me. Besides being my birthday, it’s Mexico’s Independence Day. Yesterday, September 15th, marks the independence of: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua. Each one of these Central American country’s broke free from Spain on the same day in 1821. Chile’s Independence Day is Sept. 18th, while [...]
