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Is the Panamanian Government turning Isla Coiba into a tourist attraction?

       


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Can I travel to the island right now? What facilities are in place? How would I get there?
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"There`s been talk of tourist interest in the coiba national park..."



After Panama closed Coiba`s penal colony this past December 2009, there`s been talk of tourist interest in the Coiba National Park. In terms of endemic species, Coiba is a lot like the Galapagos of Panama. Along with Panama`s National Environmental Authority (ANAM is its Spanish acronym), Coiba has a number of organizations fighting to keep its land and marine park unspoiled. As of right now, there are a number of eco-tours, fishing tours, and diving tours running to Coibaall of which need proper permits from ANAM. Most of these companies are based in Santa Catalina on the mainland. Isla Coiba is about an hour and 15 minutes by boat. As far as the tourist attraction goes, the island is already an attraction, but if you`re talking about visiting the penal colony itself, the Veraguas Tourism Authority is trying to get a conservation initiative going for the prison`s already dilapidated structures, in hopes that one day it can generate tourist interest in the island and its conservation. To contact ANAM, call 507.998.0615, or fax 507.998.4387, or the National Park`s office 507.998.4271


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