US EditionCrime Capital No More: El Salvador Tourism Boosted by Bukele
El Salvador's tourism grew 60% since 2019, generating $3.6 billion last year amid a 98% drop in murder rates, despite human rights concerns over mass detentions.
- Last year, El Salvador received 4.1 million visitors, 60% more than in 2019, and tourism generated $3.6 billion, nearly 10% of GDP.
- Beginning in 2022, the state of emergency involved tens of thousands detained without warrants, coinciding with a 98% drop in murders, according to official reports.
- Attracting stars and events, the government promoted El Salvador heavily, with five concerts drawing over 144,000 attendees and generating $110 million, according to the government.
- NGOs report around 90,000 detentions under the crackdown, with about 8,000 released and allegations of incommunicado detention and torture.
- Despite controversy, support remains high: polls show nine out of ten Salvadorans back Bukele, while the US upgraded the country to a Level 1 travel advisory last year.
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Crime capital no more: El Salvador tourism boosted by Bukele
A few years ago, El Tunco beach in El Salvador was crawling with gang members who robbed and extorted people at will.
El Salvador, a Latin American country once consumed by crime, has experienced an unprecedented growth in tourism since the establishment of a state of emergency that has put tens of thousands of suspected gang members behind bars. ...
The country has experienced an increase in tourism since the state of emergency and the imprisonment of many suspected gang members.
Between waves and sunsets of postcards, foreign tourists enjoy the Salvadoran beach of El Tunco , once plagued by gang members. They do not spare praise for President Nayib Bukele , even though they admit that in their offensive they may have fallen innocent. El Salvador lives a tourist boom after reducing criminal violence to historical minimums, under a state of emergency that allowed to imprison without a court order tens of thousands of alle…
Between waves and sunsets of postcards, foreign tourists enjoy the Salvadoran beach of El Tunco, once plagued by gang members. They do not spare praise for President Nayib Bukele, even though they admit that in their offensive they may have fallen innocent.El Salvador lives a tourist boom after reducing criminal violence to historical lows, under a state of emergency that allowed to imprison without a court order tens of thousands of alleged gan…
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