Foreign Toursim grew a 7.

7%
RESULTS REPORTING FROM INGUAT REVEALS THAT THE PROMOTION STRATEGIES OF GUATEMALA ABROAD HAVE OBTAINED FINALLY GREAT RESULTS With the governments help, Inguat had the opportunity to invest in the tourism of Guatemala. Thanks to this, there has been more trade and more jobs for Guatemalans. With the implementation of strategic plans and new campaigns, the results obtained have been motivating and encourage the perspective of the touristic section development in Guatemala. There is also the contribution of the media aboard that have achieve the expected effects and there are various promotions that are performed in medias such as New York Times, Washington Post, Los Angeles Times and Houston Chronicle, there also many magazines. There are also television media international campaigns such as channel CNN; electronic medias such as Facebook, Google, Youtube, TripAdvisor, Expedia and others that were used as tools to make people know more about touristic places of Guatemala.

Some of the strategies of promotion have been fairs and caravans arount the world and even International fairs that started in January and ended in April.

Tikal and Antigua Guatemala are the places with more foreign tourist influence. According to the Inguats director, Pedro Pablo Duchez, Ro Dulce and Las Verapaces are the ones following.

GUATEMALA IS ONE OF THE EGITH COUNTRIES WITH BETTER DIGITAL DEVELOPMENTS IN THE WORLD.
A PROGRAM CREATED BY GUATEMALANS RECEIVED A REWARD WITH GLOBAL RECOGNITION IN THE TECHNOLOGY AREA.

MilknCookies representatives received a reward for the realization of the paltform MiniMundi, that is an application that teaches children how to take care of the planet in a fun way, one of the eight awarded projects worldwide. The award that Guatemala received recently, was delivered during the World Summit Award, a worldwide even that rewards the industry of the mvil technology. MilknCookies representatives of the Guatemalan company atended the event for being selected as one of the best digital and technological applications that used as a creative way the Technology of the Information and Communicaion TIC, in the last decade.

Only eight projects in the world were the ones awarded in France. Proudly, one if guatemalan.

Inaugurated enclosure for penguins at the Zoo La Aurora.

A enclosure that will house 12 pinguins from Humboldt was inaugurated on Monday, 6th at the Zoo La Aurora. Special guests and sponsors participated in this activity.

GUATEMALA CITY.- The president Otto Prez Molina was present in the inauguration of the place where this new animals will start living. During the press conference, the new animals from the zoo were shown to everyone. As part of the sponsors you can find: Pepsi, Banco Agrcula Mercantil (BAM) and the Guatemalan Association of Natural History, etc. This little birds were donated by the Beauval zoo of France because they are in the program of species in danger of Europe. Guatemala commit itself to try to reproduce this species, and if Guatemala achieves it, it will donate their offsprings to enclosures similars in South America. The pinguins of Humboldt, according to a veterinarian of the zoo, are one of the 12 tropical species, so they do not need ice or low temperatures in order to live.

SO MUCH PINK: First Barbie Cafe Opens In Taiwan

Barbie has inspired many things in her 54-year existence such little girls imaginations, artwork and feminist air among them. Now a Barbie Cafe, a restaurant dedicated to the doll, has opened in Taiwan and its as pink and plastic as one might expect. It was open in February 1, 2013. The restaurant has been licensed by Mattel, the US toy manufacturing giant and creator of Barbie, and has opened in Taipei, Taiwans capital city. Mattel hopes that the caf, located in the shopping district of the city, will promote Barbie as a fashion brand. The staff who work at the restaurant use a practical uniform of pink Barbie logo T-shirts, matching tutus, Barbie logo armbands and glitter and tiaras on their heads. The reason why managers of Mattel chose Taiwan was because theme restaurants are very popular and successful there. They also have hopes that this caf will attract Barbie fans from China, Hong Kong and Japan.

HELLO KITTY FINALLY HAS ITS OWN AIRLINE!

Without a doubt, Hello Kitty is the most famous kitty in the world and its success has been so noticeable since its creation that it already has two theme parks in Japan, besides televisin series, videogames, a guitar line, credit cards and now its own airline. Thanks to the agreement between the airline of Taiwan, Eva Air and Sanrio: Hello Kitty has now a fleet of three airplanes, which currently only operates in the Asian continent, and apparently they will be flying in Los Angeles son. According to some publications, the airplaines are completely decorated with friend characters of Hello Kitty, just like in the inside, where the seats, compartments, and accesories such as pillows, blankets and the stewardesses aprons are pink and with drawings of this famous kitty.

BARBIES DREAM HOUSE

The first real natural size house of the famous doll Barbie, that will open its doors on May 16 at the center of Berlin, Germany.The organizers communicate that they hope to attract over 10.000 visitants by week in the future Barbies dream house. In only ten days, the first visitors for Barbies Dream House will be able to enter in the surface of 2.750 square meters of the pink world of this popular doll. People will be able to walk around different places of this house thanks to the modern technology, try on Barbies clothes digitally with the help of screens or bracelets fitted with a chip, and also attend workshops and fashion runways.

Coffee exports register slight increase in seven months

The Asociacin Nacional del Caf (Anacaf) indicated in a report that between the past October and April the guatemalan producers eported a total of 1.839.408 bads of 60 kilos.

The exports of April had an icreade of the 14,68 % regarding to the ones of the same month of the last year, by adding a total of 432 thousand 290 regarding to the 379 thousand 589 of april, 2012. During the last coffee harvest that wad from October, 2011 to September, 2012, the guatemalan producers exported a total of 3.719.829 bags.

An Austrian trade employs former addicts to recycle garbage in design

In the center of Viena, there is a store where the trash is sold at a high Price. Through recycling, the waste are reborn in attractive objects created by workers who had overcome an addiction and want to start from cero. They sell many unique items that pass through all sizes and needs: from sofas made from old metal stairs to rings made of silver coins. Appart from this being a great idea, the commitment to those who, after a rehabilitation treatment, are looking for a second chance at life, its a great decission coming from them. It is really important to support recycle and obviously, it is great that this people have a second chance said EFE.