{"id":13465,"date":"2022-08-08T21:52:44","date_gmt":"2022-08-08T21:52:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoin-and-surf-boosting-el-salvadors-tourism\/"},"modified":"2022-08-08T21:52:44","modified_gmt":"2022-08-08T21:52:44","slug":"bitcoin-and-surf-boosting-el-salvadors-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crowdfundjunction.com\/blog\/bitcoin-and-surf-boosting-el-salvadors-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Bitcoin and Surf Boosting El Salvador’s Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"

(Originally posted on : Crypto News – iGaming.org )<\/b>
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The world\u2019s first Bitcoin president, Nayib Bukele of El Salvador said that the speed of which tourism in his country was able to recover post-covid, was the result of three factors: Bitcoin<\/a>, a decreasing crime rate and being home to some of the best waves surfers can imagine.<\/p>\n

Bukele said<\/a> on Twitter:<\/p>\n

\u201cOnly a handful of countries have been able to recover its tourism to pre-pandemic levels. And that\u2019s international tourism, so the reasons behind it are mostly bitcoin and surf. But internal tourism is growing even more, mainly because of our crackdown on gangs.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Data from the World Tourism Organization shows that El Salvador was able to bring its tourism income back to pre-pandemic levels. When compared to 2019, tourism has increased with 6%.<\/p>\n

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According to El Salvador\u2019s minister of tourism, Morena Valdez, the country\u2019s embrace of Bitcoin as legal tender<\/a> in September of last year had led to a 30% rise<\/a> in tourism as early as February this year. She had said:<\/p>\n

\u201cThe implementation of bitcoin benefited the sector. More tourists and investors have come to see how cryptocurrency works.<\/em><\/p>\n

We did a poll to check the activity before and after bitcoin. The tourism sector increased, in November and December, more than 30%\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n