Update (posted April 9, 2:00 p.m.) Murillo confirms Salinas is out. Resurfaced rumors that Tourism Minister Mario Salinas has been fired due to personal differences with Nicaragua’s powerful and controlling first lady have sent an unwelcome wave of doubt rolling...

Despite 51 reported deaths last week in highway accidents, murders and drownings, Nicaraguan authorities are calling their Semana Santa security plan a “success” because the traditionally violent week was slightly less so than in years past. After a several days...

In San Juan del Sur, there are plans for a new kind of hotel. It will boast 61 rooms, foreign chefs, ocean-view rooms, a four-star rating, and a whole floor dedicated to medical treatment for its guests. Speaking at this...

Nicaragua is on track to record double-digit growth in tourism visits this year, considerably higher than the original 6.5% growth projected at the beginning of the year, according to Tourism Minister Mario Salinas. “We registered 11.4% growth between January and...

The government of Nicaragua and representatives of the Spanish hotel chain Grupo Barceló announced on Wednesday a joint venture to build a tourism airport at the Hotel Barceló Montelimar, in the central Pacific municipality of San Rafael del Sur. The...

(posted Oct. 2, 5:00 p.m.)- Nicaragua reports an 11.8% increase in tourist arrivals during the first eight months of this year, compared to 2011, Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) spokesman Julio Videa told La Prensa today. Overall, tourism in Central America registered...

Tourism Minister Mario Salinas is confident that the recent dust-up over the U.S. government’s cancelation of bilateral aid to the Sandinista government will not have any negative repercussions on Nicaragua’s tourism sector. “I think that the tourism sector has developed...

The difference between Nicaragua’s traditional “high season” and “low season” for tourism is becoming increasingly irrelevant due to factors such as special group events, international conferences and airline promotions, according to the National Tourism Chamber (CANATUR). “I would say there’s...

(posted May 23, 8:05 a.m.)- The recently opened $12 million airport at San Juan de Nicaragua will receive its inaugural flight Thursday morning—a 12 passenger La Costeña flight out of Managua. The twice-weekly flights (Thursdays and Sundays) will zip tourists...

The Nicaraguan Tourism Institute (INTUR) has launched a new partnership with global online travel booking agency Orbitz Worldwide and Taca Airlines as part of its new promotion and visibility campaign. The alliance is one of several strategic moves to help...