Costa Rica receives more tourists but they spend less money • costadevelopers.com

Costa Rica receives more than two million tourists a year, coming especially from the United States and Canada.

Revealed by the newspaper La Nación studies indicate that Costa Rica receives more tourists however they spend less money during their visits. The entrance of foreign currency accounting feels the effect of the impact of the global financial crisis of 2008 in the tourism industry, recently also is affected by the European crisis.
Visitors entering Cota Rica are more careful about spending money, whether for business or family, tourist visits. Costs that are currently differ from those that were made five years ago.
Previous to the crisis in the United States, foreigners spent $94 more than last year, or 9%. In 2008 the 2.1 million such visitors, they disbursed approximately $1 041 by an average of 11 days stay, leaving the country currency by $2 billion.
During the year 2012, the country received 2.3 million tourists; however the average consumption of a stay of 11 days fell to $947, and generating foreign exchange for $2 billion.
Foreign exchange generated by tourism in Costa Rica, corresponding to 5% of the gross domestic product of Costa Rica; this according to figures from the Central Bank and the Costa Rican Institute of tourism.
According to the data disclosed by the Studio, visitors who arrive in the country through the Daniel Oduber airport in Liberia, Guanacaste are those who spend fewer dollars. Consumption rose from $1,700 in 2008 to $1.078 2012 in an average stay of little more than one week. Liberia arrive, primarily us passengers. UU. and Canada (94% of the total).
On the other hand the average of travelers entering by the Juan Santamaria International Airport spending stays in the range of $1,300.
The Costa Rican Institute of tourism, through surveys applied to travellers, is responsible for determining that graduation average tourists according to their way of entering the country.
According to Isabel Vargas, President of the National Chamber of tourism (CANATUR) considered that as an entrepreneur has felt the impact of the change in expenditure made by the tourists.
"Before deciding on a tour valued its price, also the hotels and even the food. I think that that average of $947 per stay will be maintained. That is why we must continue to attract more foreigners to try to compensate with volume decline in the consumption of services", Vargas told the newspaper La Nación.
While employers have experienced the change in spending on tourism activities, the country still has a solid platform for visitors, the industry employs about 500,000 people and industry still invests to improve its offer.
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