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Tourism on the Brink: Costa Rica’s Pura Vida Under Siege as Crime Surge Sours Visitor Boom
The Costa Rican Times
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July 3, 2025
Costa Rica, July 2025 – Costa Rica’s reputation as a tropical haven is facing its toughest test in years. Once celebrated for its sloths, surf breaks and “pura vida” tranquility, the nation now wrestles with falling visitor numbers amid a spike in...
Panama Assistance Offered to Southern Bound Migrants is less than when they were North Bound
Newsroom Panama
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July 3, 2025
The director of Immigration, Roger Mojica Rivera, said they offer some type of logistics to migrants who cross the territory, returning to their countries, after being unable to enter the United States. However, the official acknowledged that the...
Panama Native Continues Legacy Of U.S. Navy Service
The Post-Journal - New York
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Lt. Michaela Mura, a native of Panama, is serving in the U.S. Navy assigned to Navy Recruiting Orientation Unit (NORU) helping to train the next generation of U.S. Navy Recruiters. Photo by Ensign Tiffany Savoie, Navy Office of Community Outreach...
Copa increases POS-Panama flights for July/August
Trinidad and Tobago Guardian
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As demand for travel to Panama continues to grow, Panamanian carrier Copa Airlines plans to introduce additional service between Panama and T&T. Starting July 7th, the airline will introduce two additional afternoon...
Sol de Janeiro’s Body Badalada Lotion lights up global travel retail in landmark campaign
The Moodie Davitt Report
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July 3, 2025
Sol de Janeiro shines at Amsterdam Schiphol with a bold Body Badalada showcase in a prime terminal locationINTERNATIONAL. L’OCCITANE Travel Retail is spotlighting the global channel debut of Sol de Janeiro’s Body Badalada Vitamin-Infused Lotion...
Where tourists seldom tread, part 17: three port towns freighted with history
The Guardian
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July 3, 2025
Ipswich The place names are tiny poems: Silent Street, where sound was deadened with straw out of respect for convalescing soldiers during the Anglo-Dutch wars of the late 17th century; Smart Street, named after a benevolent merchant and library...
Panama’s President Mulino Travels to Argentina to Participate in the Mercosur Summit
Newsroom Panama
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July 2, 2025
President José Raúl Mulino will travel to Argentina this Wednesday to attend the 66th Summit of Heads of State of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur), where Panama will participate for the first time as an Associate State. As an Associate State,...
African and Pacific delegations air “big concerns” over COP30 accommodation
Climate Home News
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July 2, 2025
With less than five months to go until COP30 kicks off in the Amazon city of Belém, African and Pacific island nations have told the Brazilian government they are worried that the sky-high cost of lodgings could compromise their participation in...
Panama Shuts the Darién—and the Silence Leaves Villages Reeling
LatinAmerican Post
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July 1, 2025
A year after the Darién Gap echoed with the paddles of migrant canoes, the jungle is quiet. President José Raúl Mulino’s hard-liner strategy has throttled crossings, but in river towns like Bajo Chiquito, the aftermath feels like a ghost has...
Chiquita Brands Leaves Panama Amid Protests, Talks Underway to Resume
Tico Times
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July 1, 2025
Laid-off workers from the U.S.-based banana company Chiquita Brands said on Monday that they are hoping for the company’s return to Panama, after it halted operations in the country due to millions in losses caused by two months of protests....
Panama Beach Stalls Migrants Making U-Turn to South America
LatinAmerican Post
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June 30, 2025
Four years after caravans surged north through the Darién Gap, Panama is now seeing the same trail run in reverse. On the beach at Miramar, Venezuelan families wait for boats home, finding that going back can be harder than fleeing in the first...
Dominican Republic ranked 47th in global tourism cost report
Dominican Today
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The Dominican Republic ranks 47th in the world in terms of tourism costs, with an average daily travel expenditure of US$132, according to a March 2025 report by HelloSafe. This places the country in the mid-to-high range globally—more expensive...
Record 2.5 tonnes of cocaine seized off New Caledonia on Panama-flagged vessel bound for Australia
RNZ
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July 1, 2025
French customs officers board a ship as part of anti-drug traffic operation. Photo: Supplied / Douane France A record 2.5 tonnes of cocaine were seized last week off New Caledonia, the French High Commission in New Caledonia said on Thursday. The...
Major UK mobile network with 10 million customers brings back free roaming
Birmingham Live
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July 4, 2025
UK tourists heading to the European Union have been told Three Mobile will bring back the massive perk for them. A major mobile network with 10 million customers will bring back FREE roaming while abroad this summer. UK tourists heading to the...
America and China clash over the Panama Canal..!?
India Herald
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Many people know about the panama Canal, it is one of the busiest cargo shipping routes in the world. What is the reason for suddenly talking about the panama Canal..? The panama Canal is currently struggling amid the dominance of the world's...
Alert issued as vaccine for Brit travellers for lethal infection 'out of stock in UK'
The Mirror
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June 30, 2025
The vaccine is expected to be out of stock for a number of weeks, Foreign Office website Travel Health Pro today reported Holidaymakers have been alerted to a disruption in the supply of a crucial vaccine, which is expected to be 'unavailable' for...
Lethal infection vaccine 'runs out' for UK travellers as Foreign Office issues alert
Daily Express
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June 30, 2025
Holidaymakers have been issued a warning as a crucial vaccine will be 'unavailable' for the next 2-3 weeks. Sanofi has informed NaTHNaC of an impending disruption in the supply of the yellow fever vaccine Stamaril in the UK. The vaccine is...
Tocumen International Airport in Panama Expands its Connectivity
Newsroom Panama
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June 30, 2025
Tocumen International Airport, Panama’s main airport and a strategic hub for the Americas, continues to strengthen its international network with the addition of new routes and increased frequencies operated by renowned airlines. In this context,...
Ratiram in Rome; Tancoo travels to Spain
Loop News
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Minister of Agriculture, Land and Fisheries Ravi Ratiram and Finance Minister Davendranath Tancoo were both in Europe over the weekend; Ratiram for an event hosted by the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) and Tancoo for...
Travel Just Got Riskier: How To Stay Safe In A Dangerous World
Forbes
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How do you travel safely at a time like this? getty Deborah Kaminetzky was canoeing through Peru’s Amazon rainforest last week when the bombs started falling in Iran. She wondered about her return trip to the U.S. "I've discussed ways to get back...