
Survivor 21 started filming last week. Woo hoo! I get a thrill just knowing that all the new contestants are out there, right now, battling it out in the crazy elements that are Nicaragua.
Season 22 will also be filmed there, immediately following this season in San Juan del Sur. The beauty that is Nicaragua is serving the show with it’s natural elements and in return, the economy will get a major boost for the next six months.
The Tico Times (local paper) said,
“the 250-member crew of Survivor will inject more than $6 million into the local San Juan economy over the next six months, contracting some 200 locals and renting the equivalent of 20,000 hotel room nights in this small town.”
Getting this kind of exposure for them is huge,
“We don’t have the resources to even pay one TV ad that would reach that kind of audience,” Javier Chamorro, the executive director of ProNicaragua, told the paper.
Survivor’s challenge producer John Kirhoffer said,
“For the 11 years I’ve been doing Survivor, I have never been as excited about spending six months in any other country. And San Juan del Sur is on the top of my list of favorite places in the world to be. I love great cigars, rum and beautiful people, so I’m not leaving.”
That is hilarious! I for one cannot wait to see Survivor 21. This is going to be a beautiful, awe inspiring season. Just you wait!
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