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    Tourists at the Juan Santamarķa International Airport - Photo via Tourism Institute -
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Published on Monday, July 17,
2023
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
As of
June, the Tourism Institute recorded
more than 1,338,000 tourists
visiting the country. That is
over 114,000 more visitors than the
1.2 million tourists who entered in
the same period in 2022. The
number marks a new record compared
to the 1,336,000 visitors registered
in the country in the same period in
2019, the year before the covid-19
pandemic. Most of
the tourists, about 1.1 million
arrived by air, which is equivalent
to 88% of the total number of
tourists who arrived in the first
semester of this year. Of
these, more than 75% of tourists
entered the country at the Juan
Santamarķa International Airport
(SJO) in Alajuela Province. While
over 20% entered the Daniel Oduber
International Airport (LIR) in
Guanacaste Province. The
rest of the visitors entered via
land ports of entry or by sea. The
United States continues to be the
leading nationality visiting Costa
Rica. Authorities documented about
793,000 tourists from the U.S.,
which is equivalent to 59% of the
total number of visitors.
Also, about 149,000 Canadian tourists visited the country, while over 35,000 came from Mexico.
Authorities registered more than 225,000 European tourists. Of these, the majority came from France with more than 40,000 travelers, over 39,000 from Germany, the U.K. with over 37,000 tourists and more than 21,000 visitors from Spain, among other countries.
Statistics show that the average stay of tourists is 13 nights and on average they spend $1,600 during their vacation.
Tourism is one of the most important economic sectors in Costa Rica. Last year, about 2.3 million tourists visited the country. That is one million more visitors than in 2021.
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