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1. Guatemala is the number one exporter in the world of Chinese Snow Peas to The United States.
2. Guatemala was selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as the number one of the best ten vacation destination in the world according the cultural segmentation.
3. Guatemala is the second country more efficient to produce sugar cane, and the fifth bigger exporter in the world.
4. Guatemala has the biggest variety of coniferous wood, and this are native to Guatemala.
5. More than a half of Guatemalan people form part of some civil organization.
6. The «Cajita Feliz» (Happy Meal) started in Guatemala, spreading all over the world.
7. Antigua Guatemala was cataloged as World Heritage by UNESCO in 1979.
8. Guatemala is the principal provider of quality coffee to Starbucks chain.
9. Guatemala is the only country in Latin America with 4 active volcanoes.
10. In Guatemala are located the more important Mayan sites of Mesoamerica: Tikal, El Mirador and Cancuén.
11. Manny Marroquin, recording engineer, was nominated to 3 prizes Grammy in 2004 and he won two of them.
12. The Pollo Campero Restaurant in Falls Church, Virginia, has the highest sells in the USA. it sells $32.5 thousand in a day.
13. Guatemala is the principal provider of wood for the Gibson´s Guitares.
14. Ron Zacapa Centenario has been selected as the best rum in the world for five consecutive years.
15. The shortest story of the world was written by Augusto Monterroso, The dinosaur» and won in 2000 the literary prize principe de Asturias.

I can you give you many more reasons to travel to Guatemala but I suggest you contact Travel & Health Guatemala to find out more.

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