Copán Ruins to Roll Out Electronic Visitor Card

Originally reported September 6, 2026 by HCH

President Nasry Asfura announced an electronic card system for visitors to Copán Ruins during a ceremony marking 1,600 years of the archaeological site, aiming to streamline access and boost tourism.

An auto-translated English version isn’t available for HCH, so this opens the original in Spanish. Honduras Daily curates and summarizes; the reporting is theirs.

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