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Arrival of tourists in the country grew 11.30% in nine months, November
8, 2007
The arrival of tourists to Costa Rica by air grew 11.30% in the first nine months of the year, in comparison with the same period of 2006.
Up to September of this year, 1,216,345 visitors came into the country, which was an increase of 123,533 tourists more than last year for the same period.
These estimates were supplied by the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur), based on reports of arrivals at the Juan Santamaría International Airport, located in the province of Alajuela, and at the terminal of the Daniel Oduber International Airport, located in the city of Liberia, in the province of Guanacaste.
According to the report, the months of March, January, and July were the months with the highest activity. The estimates showed that in March 163,433 tourists entered the country, in January 149,878 visitors arrived and in the month of July 145,455 tourists visited Costa Rica.
These estimates only include those tourists who came into the country by air, which represents 78% of tourists that enter the country by that means. Canatur estimated the total amount of visitors to the country at 1.5 million for the first nine months of the year including the arrival of tourists who entered by sea.
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