Costa Rica Tourism

Introduction

With the integration of new technologies and more efficient means of long distance travel, international travel and tourism have grown at a remarkable pace. In the USA the travel and tourism industry is the nation's largest retail industry, and over the last decade the total of US outbound travel has grown at a rate 4.5% annually. Reasons for this growth include a healthy domestic economy and the devaluation of currency in other regions that has made travel less expensive for U.S. residents.

Costa Rica tourism is the number one source of income, and every year, the numbers continue to grow. In the past year alone, new direct flights have been programmed from Chicago, New Orleans, Philadelphia, Phoenix, as well as Madrid, adding to the long list of existing direct flights such as Miami, Orlando, Houston, Dallas, Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Atlanta and others. Numbers consistently grow as new visitors flock to Costa Rica along with the endless number of repeat visitors who continue to return.

The ease of travel, friendly people, relatively low prices, variety of destinations and activities are just a few of the reasons that Costa Rica is on the top of everyone's list of places to go.

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