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La Ceiba's municipal tourism office announced entertainment and concerts starting October 7 during Honduras's Morazán holiday week, featuring live music, extreme sports in the Cangrejal River basin, beaches, and local cuisine to attract visitors.

Public agencies and private tourism organizations in Tela, Atlántida, joined forces on Saturday to clear sargassum seaweed from the municipal beach, removing accumulated algae that degrades the coastal environment and affects the tourist industry.

La Ceiba's municipal government began removing massive accumulations of sargassum seaweed from over two kilometers of central beach ahead of the Morazán holiday tourism surge, with crews and heavy machinery working to clear the area before visitors arrive.

Residents of Cayos Cochinos and Nueva Armenia demonstrated at the Atlántida provincial office in La Ceiba, urging authorities to allow the Spanish television production Supervivientes to remain, saying the show provides seasonal employment and tourism benefits despite environmental and indigenous-rights complaints from activist groups.

Tela is preparing to welcome approximately 200,000 tourists during Morazán Week (October 7–10), one of the year's peak tourism seasons, with about 60% of visitors coming from central Honduras departments.