Tourism Development

The Honduran Institute of Tourism and Tomalá municipality are partnering to upgrade El Cerrito, a scenic overlook in the Lempira municipality, with new trails, a second elevated level, perimeter walls, lighting, cultural murals, and a café to boost local tourism and economic opportunity.

Honduras inaugurated a cultural commemoration in Copán Ruinas marking 1,600 years since the founding of the Maya dynasty by K'inich Yax K'uk' Mo', with Japan agreeing to fund a new visitor center at the UNESCO World Heritage site.

Business leaders in Copán Ruinas submitted a five-year tourism agenda to the government on August 5 that outlines infrastructure, workforce training, and border-crossing improvements to boost the region's competitiveness and economic activity around the Maya archaeological park.

The Infrastructure and Transport Ministry (SIT) is driving construction of a yacht marina in Tela, with a shopping center and hotel also projected, in a development officials say will attract domestic and foreign tourists.

The government launched a public tender for paving 6 kilometers of the Emerald Corridor connecting Trujillo and Santa Fe in Colón with high-strength concrete, a project aimed at boosting tourism and regional development along the northern coast.