The growth of visitors to Panama, since January 2021, stopped in April. In January, the entry of 26,000 visitors was reported, a figure that increased to 28,612 in February, and in March to 43,326 entries. However, in April the movement slid back to 30,301 visitors, a decrease of 30% compared to the previous month. In total, 128,246 visitors entered Panama in the first four months of the year.

At the end of March, the Government imposed restrictions on the entry of visitors from South America, a region that in recent years contributed 40% of visitors to Panamanian tourism.

Tourism bodies  have requested that the quarantine restrictions for travelers from the south be eliminated, in addition to allowing entry to travelers who enter with a negative test, without the need for another test at Tocumen International Airport.