The Republic of Paraguay is a landlocked South American country (406,752 km2, 157,047 mi2), with a population of some seven million and a GDP of approximately US$34 billion. It is a member of Mercado Común del Sur (Mercosur) and borders Brazil, Argentina, and Bolivia (Figure 1). Paraguay’s geographic position makes it strategically important for transportation of Asian goods to Mercosur.
Map of Paraguay
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Codas, R., Fortuny, R.P., Fayos-Solà, E. (2016). Paraguay. In: Jafari, J., Xiao, H. (eds) Encyclopedia of Tourism. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-01384-8_664
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