Tourism Up For This Year
The large number of
tourists coming to Costa
Rica so far this year
has impacted an increase
in the sale of aviation
fuel.
According to the Cámara
Nacional de Turismo (Canatur),
there has been a 15.1%
increase of tourists
from Januay to April
this year, compared to
the same period in 2007.
The increase has
reflected in an increase
in sale of A-1 jet fuel
of 24.03% over last
year, representing the
sale of 22.538.000
litres of A01 Jet from
January to April, while
the sale for the period
in 2007 was 18.171.000
litres.
The situation is getting
Recope to think to
expand its airport
terminal capacities to
meet the growing
demands.
The increase is due to
more airlines now flying
into Costa Rica,
airlines like Spirit,
Frontier, Champion Air,
Sunwing Airlines, First
Choice, Air Caribes and
Air Comet, who all began
operations last year and
are responsible for
adding to the 675.000
passenger seat increase
over 2006.
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