Over 152,000 Passengers Have Landed in Panama’s Amador Port

The Fuerte Amador Cruise Terminal, right at the exit of the Panama Canal in the Pacific Ocean, has so far this year welcomed 152,287 visitors since the first liner docked in there back on October 2001.

The attractions of this lovely Panamanian area include the islands of Perlas and Coiba, both in the Pacific. The latter –formerly used as a prison- is now penciled in as a great natural reserve packed with wonderful wildlife.

Authorities in Fuerte Amador are licking their chops in anticipation for the possible arrival of the Queen Mary II, the world’s largest cruise liner.

Some 304,712 passengers arrived in Panama during the 2003-2004 cruise season, twice as many in the previous travel season. The big jump was owed to the Panamanian government’s promotional efforts in the advance of tourism.

Fuerte Amador got a big boost as a tourist circuit after decades of use as a military base by the U.S. army.

American troops pulled out of the Panama Canal Zone on December 31, 1999, handing the control of the canal to Panamanian authorities on that same year.