Baseball and Environment boost to Panama tourism

Panama’s tourism industry, particularly the hotel sector is about to get a double financial shot in the arm.

On Sunday, September 25, the first representatives of 195 nations began to arrive to do the set up work for a major UN meeting in Panama from October 1-7 by which time 5,000 delegates, and hundreds of journalists and observers will have arrived.
The visit coincides with the World Baseball championships, which will welcome teams, and supporters  and media reps from around the world, so hotels and restaurants will be hopping and, for some casual visitors ther may be no room at the inn and you may have to book well ahead for a seat in your favorite high end eatery.
The UN force is for the preparatory meeting for the UN Summit on Climate Change.
They will discuss, negotiate and adopt the complex texts of resolutions and international legally binding instruments, to be approved at “COP-17 Climate Change” in Durban, South Africa, slated for December.
The massive force in Panama will be working extended working hours from morning till night to hammer out details for the final event, while regional groups and negotiatiors have internal coordination meetings. which start from tomorrow September 25th in our country, and will continue daily until the end of the conference.
From October 2- 5 there will be a series of side events for delegates, organized by various countries, and regional groups or bodies to deal with specific issues, in the Sheraton Hotel at Atlapa.
In addition to the government delegations accredited representatives of international organizations, NGOs, and journalists from around the world will be in town.
The estimated cost of the event is $ 5.7 million of which United Nations Organization will refund $4 million to Panama.
The national government will contribute $1.7 million.
The Cabinet recently approved an $8 million budger as, according to the Foreign Ministry, talks were still under way with some service providers.
Some major providers, who have assisted the government in the past. have been granted no-bid contacts.