National Geographic highlights El Salvador's tourism transformation
Summary
National Geographic published a November 4 feature on El Salvador as an emerging Central American destination, as reported by elsalvador.com and Infobae. Both summarize that the piece, for National Geographic Spain's travel section, describes the recovery of San Salvador's Historic Center, the potential of volcanoes, beaches and archaeological sites, and Surf City's role. Infobae quotes guide Diego Gómez: "There is a generation that grew up without knowing the Historic Center, because this was ground zero of danger" (our translation). elsalvador.com also highlights the cuisine, especially pupusas. The original Viajes National Geographic page could not be opened from the server (403), so it is cited through these two outlets.
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