As you are know doubt aware, Survivor: Nicaragua! has arrived on TV. It’s the 21st season of the show and the people at CBC couldn’t have picked a better location for the TV show. I’ve watched the show a couple of times(mostly to watch the scenery) even though it’s not my cup of tea, so to speak. However, many, many people are fans of the Survivor show and they ARE watching Survivor: Nicaragua this season. The benefits to Nicaragua from locating the Survivor TV show …

This article on Nicaragua tourism article comes from the 24-7 Press Release.com website and I thought it would be of interest to those wishing to travel to Nicaragua.
“As part of Nicaragua‘s strategy to promote the country as a tourist destination in the exterior, the Nicaraguan Tourism Board (INTUR, for its acronym in Spanish) and the private sector participated in EXPOTUR, an international tourism fair, held since 1984 in the city of San Jose, Costa Rica.
This year, more than 250 Central American service providers participated in the fair offering their products …

I photographed this pensive young woman in Nicaragua.  She sold jewelery in the Parque Colon in Granada.
Judging by her young age, she was born after all the troubles of Nicaragua.  Will Nicaragua tourism bring a bright future full of hope to the young generation of Nicaragua?  Will the “trickle down” effect hold true?
There is currently a high unemployment rate in Nicaragua and it is one of the poorest countries in Central America.  Tourism is one of its biggest industries.  However, everywhere I went, I did not see many tourists.  It …