- Costa Rica Tourist
The average number of tourists visiting the country reached about 2 million or more.
During the first half of 2013 was recorded income of 1.32 million visitors, this represents an increase in comparison with the previous year, according to information provided by the Costa Rican Institute of tourism (ICT).
The majority of these visitors, entered the country through the Juan Santamaria international airport, the main of the country, secondly the most important port of entry is the Daniel Oduber airport, which is located in Liberia, Guanacaste, the other remaining entered through the land borders, Peñas Blancas with Nicaragua and Paso Canoas (Panama).
Through the airport Juan Santa Maria between the months of January and June entered 678 491 tourists, this represents an increase of 3.5% compared to 2012, when they entered 655 530.
In accordance with the General Directorate of migration and aliens, the month with the lower income of tourists is may.
The Minister of tourism, Allan Flores, said that one of the most important aspects of this study is that markets including China, Mexico, Brazil and the United Kingdom emerged. The Costarican Institute of tourism
made efforts to attract tourists to the country, among them the airline alliances, for example those that were signed with Chinese airlines to offer better access to the country.
Tourists coming from Europe also have more convenient transportations through the opening of airlines such as Iberia, which offers direct flights to Madrid.
Notwithstanding that the number of tourists increased, not generated increased hotel occupancy, this is due to two factors, one of them is the competition that exists in the apartments or beach residences for rent, and one of them is the decline in the length of stay of tourists.
Flores hopes that growth for the second half of 2013 is similar to the numbers estimated by the World Tourism Organization, which would represent a 3% to 4%
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