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Hotel Finca Las Glorias has deployed floating platforms to keep guest areas accessible as heavy rains swell Lake Yojoa, with one section temporarily closed but most facilities, dining, and activities continuing to operate.

Tourism officials project that about 500,000 Hondurans will travel to domestic destinations during Semana Morazánica (October 5–11), generating over 300,000 direct and indirect jobs and an estimated 600 million lempiras (about $24 million) in economic activity.

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.

Roatán's special tourism zone has attracted 330 companies and generated about 7,000 direct jobs over two decades while managing L227 million annually, but still faces challenges in land-use planning, environmental sustainability, and equitable benefit distribution.

The coastal town of Omoa will host the Manatí Fest on October 3 at San Fernando Fortress, featuring local food, artisans, and small-business vendors ahead of the Morazán holiday weekend, to highlight the region's natural wealth and manatee sanctuary.

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.

As sargassum seaweed threatens Honduras's most-visited beach destination ahead of the Morazán holiday, Tela's municipal government has activated cleanup crews and contingency plans to protect tourism and public access to the shoreline.

El Salvador launched a tourism campaign in Honduras' two largest cities to court Honduran travelers during the October Morazán holiday week, when migration data shows about 41% of Hondurans who travel abroad choose El Salvador as a destination.

Sargassum seaweed arrived on Omoa's Caribbean beaches two days ago, disrupting fishing and threatening tourism during the busy Morazán Week holiday, with local authorities organizing cleanup crews to keep the coastline clear.

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.

Growing visitor numbers to El Merendón's natural attractions and cafés—including flower farms, mountain biking, and hiking—have prompted police to increase patrols to protect tourists and local entrepreneurs in the mountain communities.

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.

Five Honduran state institutions signed a cooperation agreement to promote open-skies policies, modernize border services, and revive regional tourism projects including the Mayan World Program, while maintaining national security standards.