In Costa Rica the visitor can enjoy lovely tropical beaches, the grandest adventures, the wonders of nature, scintillating culture, all the necessary components of an ideal vacation. No wonder, then, that thousands of tourists have made Costa Rica their top travel choice.
ICT foresees 2 million tourists in 2010
• Tourist arrivals increased 9.6% in the first semester of the year.
For the second time in its history, Costa Rica will see 2 million tourists by the end of 2010. This is based on data from the first six months of the year and projections made by the ICT for the second half of the year.
Based on data gathered and analyzed by the ICT from the Immigration Department, there was a 9.6% growth in tourist arrivals during the first semester of the year in comparison with the same period in 200
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