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Costa Rica attracts record number of US tourists in 2015

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December 21st, 2015 (ICR News) For the first time, Costa Rica recorded the entry of the one-millionth tourist in a single year from the United States in a new milestone.

 

US tourists this year accounted for 40 percent of all tourist arrivals in the country, according to officials.

 

The milestone was celebrated at the Juan Santamaria airport on Friday, with the arrival of Joel and Kristine Kratochvil and their three daughters.  The trip was the Washington state family’s first visit to the country, tourism officials said.

 

Tourism officials said that an improved US economy contributed to the historic milestone.

 

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  • Chris Thomas

    Same lies year after year, they count all the Nicas and Colombians as tourists as well as the perpetual tourists and people who leave the country for 3 months and come back get get counted over and over, they inflate the numbers , anyways more money comes in more money to steal and nothing invested as far as infrastructure, Todo pa dentro y nada para fuera de Tico way!

    • disgusted

      IF that number true.. There is a $15 coming in and $29 departure tax . That would be Cha ching 44 million where does it all go?? Oh into the consultants pockets and poof it is gone.. Now the departure going to be $33 I think in January. Happy days CR government officials

      • Chris Thomas

        The CR government manipulates the numbers to attract tourism investment, guess who is their watchdog? Themselves of course they police themselves, 1% transparency results, what they collect in money and what they report as tourists coming in reality way 2 different things, anyways out of the money the government takes in .99 cents they steal and .01 cent gets invested maybe, the greatest Ponzi scheme ever by a government.

  • Karen Mata

    If tourism is at record highs then why the need for the CR gov to subsidize the tourism industry?

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