IRTRA (Recreational Institute for the Laborers of the Private Enterprise)

Forty years ago, the Congress of the Republic of Guatemala, promoted the creation of a law so that private managers can offer some kind of recreation to its employees. That is how in July 1962, decree 1528 was validated, containing the Law of Creation of the Instituto de Recreación de los Trabajadores de la Empresa Privada, IRTRA. This law establishes that all managers should contribute a 0.3 percent of all the wages and ordinary salaries paid to its employees.

From there on, they started building what would become a net of vacation parks of international category, developing into the first recreational industry in the country. The themes that identify the IRTRA parks are cleanness, security, comfort, hospitality, entertainment and magic. All the parks have been designed to enjoy in perfect harmony with nature.

In 2001 a total of 6,790 employment tests were applied, preselecting 892 persons, and finally hiring 206 for the positions of managers and chiefs of the different IRTRA parks. The 3,000 employees that form this group, are the main craftsmen of quality, to help maintain its main objective, which is to give safe recreation to the workers from the private industry.