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The tourism is one of the biggest resources for economic development of El Salvador. To the great natural attractions that the country possesses, with beautiful beaches, a mild tropical climate and lush landscapes, it joins an important archaeological and ecological heritage, with colonial and pre-Columbian vestiges, and national reserves. El Salvador also has an exceptional potential in the field of cultural tourism, with over 2,000 known archaeological sites, samples of Maya and Olmec cultures, mainly. They stand out for their importance the archaeological remains of the Pyramids of San Andrés, Joya de Cerén, Cihuatán, Quelepa, Tazumal and Tehuacán. While tourism is an activity that exploded few over the past two decades due to political instability in times of civil war, after the Peace Accords, signed in 1992, there were new expectations, although its development went slowly due to lack of infrastructure in rural areas of the country because the government of the day established other priorities in economic policy, as the maquila. A feature of the territory is that the extension is small. To El Salvador it is known as ''the country of the 40 minutes'' because from the capital it is accessed in that time to various tourist attractions: beaches along the south of the territory, mountains located west north and inland towns. As with all peoples of the world El Salvador highlights the personality of Salvadorans, have human qualities, since they are delivered completely to please their visitors. == Volume of tourism == In 1994, the 181,000 tourists left the country 28.8 million dollars. Three years later was created a specialized governing body, called ''Salvadoran Tourism Corporation'' (Corporación Salvadoreña de Turismo) (Corsatur), that year entered 387,000 visitors and 74.7 million of dollars. Since then tourism has seen a significant increase over previous years. In 2004, the activity injected $424.7 million into the economy. It also created the Ministry of Tourism to direct the policy of the development of the sector. To promote the momentum of this activity, during 2005 has developed the Tourism Act (Ley del Turismo), which provides tax incentives for new investments in the sector. In 2008, 1.8 million tourists visited the country, who left the economy about $720 million, according to the Ministry of Tourism. The growth no has been based on attracting tourism resort, but rather in the business and Salvadorans living in US returning to their country. Tourism contributed US$855.5 million to El Salvador's GDP in 2013. This represented 3.5% of total GDP.〔( "Travel and Tourism, Economic Impact 2014 - El Salvador", World Travel and Tourism Council, 2014, p. 1. )〕 Tourism directly supported 80,500 jobs in 2013. This represented 3.1% of total employment in El Salvador.〔( "Travel and Tourism, Economic Impact 2014 - El Salvador", World Travel and Tourism Council, 2014, p. 1. )〕 In 2013, tourism indirectly supported 210,000 jobs, representing 8.1% of total employment in El Salvador.〔( "Travel and Tourism, Economic Impact 2014 - El Salvador", World Travel and Tourism Council, 2014, p. 1. )〕 It was estimated that 1,394,000 international tourists would visit El Salvador in 2014.〔( "Travel and Tourism, Economic Impact 2014 - El Salvador", World Travel and Tourism Council, 2014, p. 5. )〕 Despite advances, in Central America it is one of the country marching ahead of other established destinations such as Costa Rica and Guatemala. The lack of promotion abroad and adequate infrastructure to host international tourism are some of the most cited problems. The pros are the substantial improvement of road infrastructure, the remodeling of El Salvador International Airport in Comalapa, southeast of San Salvador. 〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CEPA – Aeropuerto Internacional de El Salvador )〕 The airport serving international flights in El Salvador is Comalapa International Airport. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tourism in El Salvador」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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