Infrastructure in Development<\/strong>
For Ricardo Gago, the country has taken time to restore the churches. He believes that the history of the country is in each of these places and the committee has done a tireless work to rescue it. It offers as an example the fact that the first places that people visit when they go on vacation are temples and churches. However, it proposes that the tourist be charged as it is done in other countries, since thousands arrive and that contribution can be taken for the necessary maintenance and renovations. He goes on to say “at least it was possible to keep churches at Old Town open so that tourists can see their beauty and history.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure>\n\n\n\nOur special guest is a humble person with a friendly character. Son of a Spanish father and mother who instilled love for Panama. Ricardo Gago Salinero is a member of the Rotary Club, an entrepreneur with an impeccable reputation that since 1997 is in charge Hermanos Gago, S.A. am Importing and exporting family business that […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1580"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3902,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1580\/revisions\/3902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1580"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1580"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/eng\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1580"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Religious Circuits, a Tourist Need<\/strong>
\u201cThe will is the most important element when carrying out such important projects for society and its economy,\u201d Ricardo Gago tells. For him, it is a necessity that the first religious course be developed and start as soon as possible throughout the Churches at Old Town first and then expanded into the interior of the country. Ricardo says “maybe the first religious circuit will not be the best in the world, but it is essential to start”. It highlights that Panama can already have one if wants to undertake that task.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Vista-del-interior-de-San-Francisco-de-Asi%CC%80s-1024x683.jpg\")
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World Youth Day 2019 and its Impact on Religious Tourism<\/strong>
The businessman and philanthropist thinks that last year’s world event held in Panama helped generate interest in developing religious tourism, it gave a great boost. He feels that interest has remained even after more than a year since that world meeting. \u201cThe WYD has made transformations in the country, Investment in all the churches continues and this helps the economy as paint, tools, products and labor are acquired,\u201d says Ricardo Gago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Fachada-San-Francisco-de-Asi%CC%80s-683x1024.jpg\")
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What is Required to Succeed?<\/strong>
\u201cIt is important to have the support of the Government,\u201d says Ricardo Gago. For him it is very important that tourists can park and have easy access to the area. Another point that always emphasizes is that the Churches remain open since these are the city icons that both Panamanian and foreign tourists visit, added to being attended by people who can tell its history. He emphasizes that if churches are not open little value can generate to the city and its people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sr.-ricardo-con-genete-1024x683-1.jpg\")
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Potential for Internal Tourism<\/strong>
For Ricardo Gago who has traveled to more than 90 parishes of the Archdiocese of Panama and has been able to see the large number of people who attend, he says \u201cit is clear that the majority in Panama practices in some measure the Catholic religion, it is undoubtedly the country’s largest, however, all religions in the country have great potential to create their own religious course. \u201d
Positive Social Impact
\u201cReligious courses, besides from being an economic engine, always promote in the community the rich history of the country, human values and especially the Faith they profess,\u201d says Ricardo. Important elements that generate development at all levels of society.<\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.thevisitorpanama.info\/esp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/Sr.-Ricardo-y-amigos-1024x683-1.jpg\")
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