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Pretty interesting video on how the port of San Juan is expected to build out.  Its amazing the transformation this little town is going through and the upcoming Survivor series will only accelerate that. 

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Nicaragua has various incentive laws for priority sectors, such as the Tourism Incentive Law, the Renewable Energy Incentive Law and the Free Trade Zones Law (for export-oriented industries, including light manufacturing, agribusiness and contact centers). According to international agreements with WTO members (Doha Article VII), Nicaragua is now one of the few countries in the [...]

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Nicaragua has approximately 19,000 km of roads connecting the capital, Managua, to all major cities. The Pan- American Highway traverses the country from north to south. It is 370 km long and connects Nicaragua with Honduras and Costa Rica. The main highways have been refurbished substantially in the last two years, including the highways that [...]

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Living the Costal Dream!
Wanted to pass on a well written travel blog – Matt is Missing.  I don’t know Matt – he is a friend of a friend, however in August he took a vacation to Nicaragua for a couple of weeks, fell in love with the country, and ended up staying quite a bit [...]

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Eco Tourism in a Recession

When talking with people of investing or traveling to Nicaragua, one of the most common questions is what is there to do their.  Obviously surfing in Nicaragua is Huge, but there is a developing eco-tourism industry in Nicaragua that is often overshadowed by its much more mature neighbor - Costa Rica.  Many Journalists are now [...]

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The World has made it to San Juan!

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More good news for this growing tourism and investment destination!
If you have never heard of it The World is is a resort community that continually circumnavigates the globe.  It is in fact the only private community at sea.
We have heard news that they will be docking in San Juan Del Sur Nicaragua on April 23/24!  [...]

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Surfing Nicaragua

Here is a trailer for what looks to be a great Nicaraguan Surf Movie called CENTRO by ThirdBorn Entertainment.  If that peaked your interest then think about contacting an operation such as Surf Tours Nicaragua, or just head down there and catch some great waves on your own.  There is good surf all along [...]

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(Photo: Bill Wooten)
Despite a world financial crisis and a year of political turmoil here, Nicaragua’s small yet feisty tourism sector proved its resilience in 2008 by growing 7.2 percent, according to numbers released this week by the Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR).
This from an article this past week in the Nica Times. INTUR is calling this [...]

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Today in the LA Times there was an article that listed the top 10 ethical travel destinations compiled by The Ethical Traveler in a study of the worlds 70 plus developing nations.
“Ethical travel” is defined by the organization as “an awareness of our impact as we explore the world.”
Latin America made up half of the [...]

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