Honduras
Honduras - 3.6 Additional Services

Overview

Honduras has a diversity of investment sectors, some considered as the main ones, and others with a lot of potential for growth, exports and stability, in the domestic and foreign markets. Mentioning among these the hotel chains and different lodgings according to what the consumer wants, as for the electricity sector, there are companies at the municipal or departmental level that provide this service, with financial services there are certain numbers of banks and financial entities that operate in the country.

Accommodation

Honduras has an extensive hotel infrastructure in the main cities of the country, many 5-star hotels with swimming pools, cable TV, broadband internet, next to the beach, for greater attraction to tourists, citizens nationwide and business travelers, as well as houses or apartments for rent furnished and unfurnished.  for short and long seasons. For greater interest, you can contact the different agencies or websites in charge of providing various options for these services.

Electricity and Power

The electricity sector in Honduras is quite varied, so different sources of energy production are offered in the country, 7 primary energy sources are identified: hydropower, wind, geothermal, solar, firewood, bagasse, and vegetable fuels. These energy sources are known as primary because they do not need any kind of transformation and, therefore, can be used as they are found in nature. Each of them is represented by a network of companies that seek to offer a better service to the Honduran people.

 

Electricity can reach homes in a variety of ways. Hydropower is the most common of these. Honduras is home to the sixteenth hydroelectric dam in the world, the “Central Hidroeléctrica Francisco Morazán”, making it one of the country's main sources of electricity.

 

Electricity and Power Summary Table

Production Unit

Type

(Hydroelectric, Thermal, etc.)

Installed

Capacity (MW)

Current Production (MW)

GWH

HYDROPOWER

2430.09

2430.09

GWH

WIND

818.29

818.29

GWH

PHOTOVOLTAIC

1118.14

1118.14

GWH

GEOTHERMAL

254.46

254.46

GWH

FIREWOOD

 

4275.24

GWH

BAGASSE

 

1574.08

GWH

OTHER BIOMASS AND WASTE

1960.80

1960.80

https://siehonduras.olade.org/WebForms/Reportes/ReporteBalanceEnergetico.aspx?or=-501&ss=2&v=1

Financial services

Financial companies in Honduras whose operations are the sale of financial services are regulated by the law of financial institutions, this law aims to regulate the organization, constitution, operation, merger, transformation and liquidation of the institutions of the national financial system, another regulatory entity is the commercial code and on the other hand we have the regulations provided by the Banco Central de Honduras which is the main financial institution in Honduras. a market economy, thus being the state institution that formulates, develops and executes the country's monetary, credit and exchange rate policy.

Postal and Courier Services

This sector is characterized by being dedicated to transporting written documents and small or medium-sized packages (parcels) within the country and around the world.

Printing and Publishing

The printing market continues to boom in new technologies and improve the efficiency levels of companies. Other companies oversee offering a good high-end editing service to the client and others are not.

Taxi companies

The type of taxi transport has become very widespread in the city, both within the collective taxi modality, which has a station point or a specific route assigned, and the neighborhood taxi or without a defined point or route. This service is used by sectors of the population with lower middle incomes upwards.

There are several companies nationwide in charge of managing taxis, having their own fleet or having affiliates from third parties.

There are also Uber operations in the main cities, this service has a good level of demand, especially in the medium and high categories.

Vehicle & Equipment Maintenance/Workshops

There are many workshops for the various brands that are distributed nationwide, guaranteeing good maintenance in each of the vehicles.

Vehicle Rental

There are many car rental offices conveniently located in all departments, with availability for the various brands that are distributed in the country, taking into account among them Rent-A-Car, KAYAK that offer a variety of vehicles according to the customer's needs.

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