Panama - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture

Culture Smart / Cultuur Bewust

by Heloise Crowther

Culture Smart provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.
Culture Smart offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include * customs, values, and traditions
* historical, religious, and political background
* life at home
* leisure, social, and cultural life
* eating and drinking
* do's, don'ts, and taboos
* business practices
* communication, spoken and unspoken

"Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." "Sunday Times Travel
.".". the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." "Global Travel
.".".full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." "Observer
.".".as useful as they are entertaining." "Easyjet Magazine
.".".offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." "New York Times"

Genres: Travel

170 pages, Kindle Edition

First published November 14, 2006

Reviews

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Copyrighted in 2006, hopefully this third printing, published in 2011, was updated. This was the most recent version I was able to find. Hopefully much of the information still applies unless it is some of the negative content which one hopes has been remedied or at least improved upon. It's broken into nine chapters with titles like "Land and People" and "Customs and Traditions" which are then subdivided into more specific areas of detail. It is easy to read and interesting enough to carry you through to the end. It paints the people of Panama in a very good light as relaxed, fun-loving, family oriented, and inclusive. Reading this book has heightened my anticipation of visiting Panama, allayed most of my fears of what diseases I might be exposed to, and prepared me to enjoy their culture to the fullest. The book is small enough to pack in your suitcase to reference while visiting Panama.