AT THE AIRPORT in Asunción, Paraguay’s capital, Blanca, a regular traveller who lives nearby, used to recognise many faces in the arrivals hall.(住在附近的常旅客布兰卡过去总能在到达大厅认出许多面孔。) Mostly there were families waiting by the barriers(栏杆，隔离栏), children running forward as relatives returned home. Now the crowds are too large. Last year Paraguay welcomed(接待，迎来) 3.7m international visitors, almost twice as many as(几乎是……的两倍) in 2024.
在巴拉圭首都亚松森的机场，住在附近的常旅客布兰卡过去总能在到达大厅认出许多面孔。那时，大多是家人在栏杆旁等候，孩子们看到亲人归来便跑上前去。如今，人群已变得太过庞大。去年，巴拉圭接待了370万国际游客，几乎是2024年的两倍。
Some are tourists; others are moving in(搬进来，移居). Last year immigration authorities recorded 47,600 residency(居留权，居住身份) applications, a record high(历史新高) and up by 63% on 2024(比2024年增长63%). The numbers are still rising. “People didn’t used to come to Paraguay looking for opportunities,” says Blanca.(布兰卡说：“过去人们不会来巴拉圭寻找机会。”) “Now they do.”
有些是游客，另一些则正在移居此地。去年，移民当局记录了47,600份居留申请，创下历史新高，比2024年增长了63%。数字仍在攀升。布兰卡说：“过去人们不会来巴拉圭寻找机会，现在他们会了。”
After decades of steady macroeconomic(宏观经济的) management, the country has won a reputation for(赢得了……的声誉) stability. Following a financial crisis in 2003, policymakers tightened(收紧) fiscal policy, beefed up(加强，充实) the central bank and tamed(驯服，控制) inflation, points out Alonso Chaverri Suárez of the Inter-American Development Bank. Ratings agencies have declared its debt to be investment grade, an accolade granted to only six countries in Latin America.(评级机构已将其债务评定为投资级，这一殊荣在拉丁美洲只有六个国家获得。)
经过数十年的稳健宏观经济管理，该国赢得了稳定的声誉。美洲开发银行的阿隆索·查韦里·苏亚雷斯指出，2003年金融危机后，决策者收紧财政政策，强化中央银行，并遏制了通货膨胀。评级机构已将其债务评定为投资级，这一殊荣在拉丁美洲只有六个国家获得。
