7.4% INCREASED OF TOURISTS TO COSTA RICA IN FIRST HALF OF 2012.

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In June, the Juan Santamaria International Airport reported 80% of arrivals by air.

From January to June over one million 285 thousand tourists entered Costa Rica for all ports. This number is 7.4 percent higher than in the same period last year.

This was announced by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), based on data provided by the General Depatment of Immigration.

Only by air were reported 856 600 international arrivals, representing growth of 6.2%, in other words, 50 000 more people, most of them through the Juan Santamaria International Airport, although the latter was up only 1.3 percent. The majority of tourists arrive by air.

Tourists from the United States, Canada and Mexico top the list of entries by air. The second block in tourist importance is Europe and the third is South America.

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