Many Hotels Report Being
Sold Out For Semana
Santa
Semana Santa or Easter
Week is just around the
corner and the tradition
in Costa Rica is to head
for the beaches and
mountains. More than a
million are expected to
invade the country's
sand and trails and
hotel operators are
urging to make
reservations early not
to be left out in the
open.
Some hotels in
Guanacaste and
Puntarenas that includes
beach areas of Tamarindo,
Papagayo, Jaco and
Quepos, already report
no vacancies for the
week of March 16 to 23,
others are expecting to
be sold out by the first
week in March.
The Dirección de
Tránsito is expecting a
busy week during Semana
Santa and is making
plans to control and
patrol routes from the
Central Valley to and
from the beaches and
mountains.
And hotel prices are
cheap for the holiday
week either.
Some hotels are getting
as much as us$250 per
night, double what it is
during the normal "high
tourist" season.
Manuel Rodríguez,
president of the Cámara
de Hoteles (hotel
chamber) says that
prices have constantly
increased between 4% and
5% each year due to
inflation. However,
during Semana Santa many
hotel operators take
advantage of the massive
number of people looking
for accommodation.
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