The general administrator of the Panama Tourism Authority (ATP), Iván Eskildsen, and the general administrator of the National Authority for Government Innovation (AIG), Luis Oliva, signed, this Wednesday, an agreement whose objective is the development and implementation of the digital platform for the start-up of the “Tourist Bonus” project.
This project has been designed so that, through the travel agencies registered in the Tourist Investment Directorate of the ATP, discount tourist packages are offered backed by the financial support of the institution and will run from September 15 to September 31. December 2021.
This technological tool, whose link will be available on the Panama Digital portal and on the ATP website: www.atp.gob.pa, will have the promotional packages available for each destination. The user when entering will be directed to the links of the tour operators, where they will be able to see the offer of tourist products and there they will be able to make their reservation and payments online.
The travel agencies, tour operators, guides and other tourism service providers that will be part of the project are only those that are duly certified by the ATP.
This methodology reinforces the digitization and modernization of the procedures carried out by citizens, to provide a more agile and practical service to those who benefit from this project.
In this way, the transparency of the handling of the funds destined to the "Tourist Bonus" project is also guaranteed, whose investment, by the State, is 1 million dollars, since all the procedures, from the registration of the offering companies to the acquisition of packages and services of the buyers will be registered in this platform; in the same way, the payment to them will be made through the digital system used for the disbursement of the Panama Solidario, IFARHU scholarships, among others made by the State.
Eskildsen indicated that “the project generates greater support for the most vulnerable segments of the tourism industry, which have been most affected by the drop in international demand, such as tour guides and indigenous communities. Through the support we have received from the AIG, the payment process will be made more expeditious so that the benefit reaches the tourism sector in a more agile way ”.
8/26/2021 4:09:18 PM