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Costa Rica Ends Year with More
Tourists
The Instituto Costarricense de
Turismo (ICR) - Costa Rican
Tourism Institute - reported on
Thursday that the country will
end 2006 having hosted 1.7
million tourists, indicating a
slight growth over 2005, with
1.6 million tourists.
Tourism Minister Carlos Ricardo
Benavides said this growth
should be accompanied by
improvement, particularly in
security and roads, to present a
sustainable tourism.
With an 8 percent foreign
currency income growth from
tourism the Central Bank
reported the nation will
conclude the 12 months with a
us$22 million GDP.
Reporters have recognized that
Costa Rica could lose 30,000
tourists yearly, due to the Air
Madrid flight cancellations.
The country welcomed 232,889
European tourists in 2005, 21
percent of which were Spaniards.
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