Guatemala: Food Service - Hotel Restaurant Institutional

  |   Attaché Report (GAIN)   |   GT2023-0010

The HRI report provides U.S. agricultural exporters current information on market trends and the best product prospects for the Guatemalan market. Guatemala is recovering from the effects of the pandemic and tourism reached 1.8 million visitors representing an increase of 177 percent from 2021. The Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional (HRI) sector represents 4.5 percent of the country’s GDP. Guatemalan consumers have returned to eating out looking for restaurants that can offer innovation in the gastronomic industry not only focusing on food preparation, but also on presentation, fusion cuisine, and the technology applied to food production processes.

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