Speaking to TTG at WTM London, Nicaragua’s minister of tourism, Anasha Campbell, revealed tourism arrival figures were down by 29.7% year-on-year in 2018. However, forward bookings for October to December 2019 were up by 98% compared with 2018.
Before the political unrest and subsequent FCO travel ban, tourism numbers were flourishing, Campbell said. In 2017, the country experienced its “best year” and its 11th year of growth, as well as a surge in tourism numbers of 18.8%.
“In the first three months of 2018, there was a 12.5% growth in tourism arrivals,” she added.
