The fauna of Costa Rica is magnet for foreign tourists
Ecotourism is important in Costa Rica for areas of the country where wildlife watching, as bird watching, dolphins and whales is done in addition to the tourists who make visits to national parks and wildlife refuges. For example, in Osa revenue generated during the whale watching season accounts for 80% of economic activity in the […]
Central America to boost multi-destination promotion
The tourism authorities of the region want to consolidate a campaign to promote Central America as a multi-destination. This is the aim of a meeting that began today in Managua representatives of the Central American Tourism Council and CATA, the Board of the Tourism Promotion Agency of Central America. Promote the Central American tourism together […]
Flow of visitors grows 12%
In the first half of the year the number of international arrivals to the country grew 12% over the same period of 2015. A statement from the Costa Rican Tourism Institute: During the first half of 2016, Costa Rica registered significant growth in international arrivals. Seven out of 10 people who visit us by air, […]
Tourism in the world continues to rise, despite terrorist wave
The destinations worldwide received 348 million international tourists between January and April 2016; ie about 18 million more than in the same period last year (5.3 percent). The figures just delivered the World Tourism Organization (OMT), in a report showing that the so-called industry without smokestacks still growing. “The results show a strong desire to […]
Costa Rica could receive 3 million tourists this year
The entry of new airlines to Costa Ricans from European skies will affect the number of tourists who will arrive this year, now paints good prospects, exceed 3 million visitors. It is this dynamism that the Swiss Edelweiss Costa Rica decided to announce a direct flight from Zurich twice a week from May 2017. “When […]