El Salvador is known as a surfer's paradise thanks to its diverse coastline, some of Latin America's finest surf breaks, and a wealth of budget-friendly accommodations. But there's more to El Salvador ...

Surfing is the gateway to the tourist offer of El Salvador. In the Pacific, Surf City is a Central American destination where visitors enjoy recreational surfing, international championships, regional ...

After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its pounding waves, El Zonte has had ...

In the El Salvadoran beach town of El Zonte, a surfing hotspot known as "Bitcoin Beach," tourists and some residents heralded the president's decision to make the Central American nation the first ...

The El Salvadoran beach town of El Zonte is visibly poor, with dirt roads and a faulty drainage system. But in one way, it's ahead of the rest of the country: It has bitcoin.

El Salvador adopted bitcoin as legal tender last Wednesday, drawing inspiration from the country’s Bitcoin Beach, but cryptocurrency adoption faces challenges in overcoming spotty internet.

The father of El Salvador's Bitcoin Beach received an anonymous donation of a cryptocurrency fortune — now the local economy runs on it ...

EL ZONTE, El Salvador (AP) — After El Salvador’s congress made the bitcoin legal tender this week, eyes turned to this rural fishing village on the Pacific coast. Known to surfers for its ...

Some 500 fishing and farming families in a rural fishing village on the Pacific coast use bitcoin to buy groceries and pay utilities, something the government envisions for the country at large.

El Salvador has used the U.S. dollar as its official currency since 2001, and Strike said that adopting bitcoin “as legal tender will help reduce its dependence on the decisions of a foreign ...