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Panama is open to leisure tourists and current visitor flows are rising, not collapsing. Travel right now is mostly about normal urban crime caution plus recent disaster-related disruption from the October 2026 earthquake and flooding, with tourism infrastructure still operating and card acceptance generally normal in major cities.
9 Oct 2026 magnitude 7.6 earthquake with inspections and some local damage2026 flooding and El Niño-related national emergencylarge-scale demonstrations can occur with little noticelocalized airport/NOTAM notices but no Panama-wide airspace closure
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