Tourism Minister of El Salvador Reiterates Effect Bitcoin Has Had on the Sector
Morena Valdez, the tourism minister of El Salvador, has spoken on the recovery the tourism sector of the country has reportedly experienced even after the Covid-19 pandemic. According to Valdez’s statements, tourism has greatly benefited from the introduction of bitcoin as legal tender in the country, and from the foreigners that come to the country for bitcoin-related purposes and business. Tourism Recovers in El Salvador Morena Valdez, the tourism minister of El Salvador, has brought out information about the recovery of the tourism sector in the country. Even after....
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Tourism is booming in El Salvador. Since September, when the Bitcoin Law went into effect, it’s up by “more than 30%.” Good news all around, right? But, how did the media react? How did they report on these numbers? We’ll find out after the quotes from Morena Valdez, Minister of Tourism, who told El Salvador […]
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele previously announced that El Salvador’s GDP grew over 10% in 2021. El Salvador’s adoption of Bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender in September 2021 has triggered a notable surge not only for its gross domestic product but also for the local tourism development.According to El Salvador’s tourism minister Morena Valdez, the tourism industry in El Salvador surged more than 30% since the adoption of the Bitcoin law in September 2021.“We did a poll to check the activity according to the before and after of Bitcoin. The tourism sector increased in November and....
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador, declared that the speedy recovery of tourism in the country had to do with three elements, including surfing, bitcoin, and overall crime reduction. El Salvador was one of the 15 countries that managed to take their tourism incomes to pre-pandemic numbers according to data from the World Tourism Organization.
Nayib Bukele States International Tourism Growth Is Powered by Bitcoin in El Salvador
Nayib Bukele, the president of El Salvador and promoter of the adoption of bitcoin (BTC) as legal tender in the country, shared his thoughts about....
El Salvador was the first country to make Bitcoin a legal tender. Though some speculations have given pessimistic forecasts on the implications for the nation, things seem to be moving in a contrary wave. El Salvador’s tourism record has shown a tremendous spike for the first half of 2022. According to government data, the country […]
El Salvador’s tourism has grown more than 30% after adopting bitcoin as legal tender, according to the country’s ministry of tourism. “Cryptocurrency multiplies the opportunities to do business with more partners anywhere in the world,” the Salvadoran government explained.
El Salvador’s Economy Boosted by Bitcoin Law
The Salvadoran government has outlined some economic benefits resulting from adopting bitcoin as legal tender. The country’s bitcoin law went into effect in September last year, making BTC a national currency alongside....