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PRODUCTION
Producer: Pascal Belda
Regional Director: Esther Posadilla
Guide Developers: Xabier Garagorri (Economic Journalist)
Margarita Fernández (Sales Representative)
Pablo Matosas (Assistant)
EDITION
Written by Xabier Garagorri
Tourism Sector Overview written by eBizGuides with the collaboration of
the Ministry of Tourism
Tourism photos: pictures by CORSATUR / MITUR
Translated by Academia Europea; revised by Daniel Reynolds and Jake Ryder
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
We sincerely thank the following individuals and companies:
Cámara de Comercio e Industria (Chamber of Commerce and Industry) especially, Mr. Marvin Portillo
for providing invaluable photographs; CEL, especially, Engineer Ramón Moreno for the outstanding
photographs of the great projects of CEL in the country; CEPA, especially, Yicsi Rodríguez and Susana
Ayala, for the photographic material of key infrastructure in the country; The Embassy of Spain in El
Salvador and its Ambassador, José Javier Gómez-Llera for his constant and exemplary support to this
guide book and the Spanish enterprises in the country; The Embassy of El Salvador in Madrid, especially
Ambassador Enrique Borgo Bustamante and Minister Anabela Machuca for their support and kindness;
MITUR, CORSATUR, and Minister José Napoleón Duarte for the support given to this guide book and
the invaluable tourist and photographic information provided; Diario de Hoy, represented by Mr. Fabricio
Altamirano and Gustavo Marín for the valuable support of photographic material from the extensive Diario
de Hoy archives; Elena Martínez Cantón, Marketing Director of Acústica El Salvador, for her constant
support and knowledge of the country without which, our guide book would have not been as close to
reality as it is; Banco Central de Reserva (Central Reserve Bank), for the statistical material provided and
for its active cooperation on the economic and financial part of this guide book; Alcaldía Municipal de San
Salvador (City Hall of San Salvador) and Dr. Norman Quijano, Mayor of San Salvador; Mr. Richard Barathe,
from PNUD and the UN, for sharing with us his ample knowledge on the social reality and development of
the country; Journalist Pablo Balcáceres, from El Economista magazine, for helping us from the beginning
of this report; Mr. George E. Saade, General Manager of Hotel Presidente San Salvador and the hotel’s
staff. Always the best hotel in town where we felt not only in paradise but also at home.
We would also like to thank the heads of the following companies and organizations for their sponsorship
and support and without whom this eBizGuide would not have been possible:
CORSATUR, Hotel Sheraton Presidente, Aeroman, TACA, InterPrice, Grupo Tropic, Myces, Consortium
Abogados Centroamérica, Arrocera San Francisco, Claro, Salnet, Megavisión, Universidad Matías Delgado,
Alba Petróleos, Fedecrédito, Western Union, Banco Promérica, Seguros del Pacífico, SISA, TIGO, Grupo
Negocios Internacionales and Academia Europea.
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