In June 2024, the Texas-headquartered airline, Southwest, will launch more flights between the U.S. and Costa Rica, announced the Institute of Tourism.

New flights are between the Juan Santamaría International Airport (SJO) in Alajuela Province,  the Orlando International Airport (MCO), the Baltimore Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) and the Denver International Airport (DEN).

The daily flights from SJO to MCO depart from Costa Rica at 8:55 a.m. local time to arrive at MCO at 2:15 p.m. ET. Then, from MCO, the flights will depart at 11:30 a.m. ET to arrive at SJO at 12:45 p.m. local time.

The two additional flights between BWI and DEN to SJO will be on Saturdays and Sundays.   Additional information about these flight schedules can be found on the airline website.

Southwest opened flights between the United States and Costa Rica in 2015.

This is one of many international airlines increasing the frequency of their flights to Costa Rica. The three major airlines that operate flights between Canada and Costa Rica have recently announced an increase in the number of flights offered in anticipation of the upcoming high tourism season, which is set to begin in December.

According to statistics from the Institute of Tourism, the United States is the main tourist market for Costa Rica. As of September authorities registered over 1 million tourists from the U.S. who arrived in the country by air.

They prefer to visit beaches and national parks. Among the main tourist activities, they enjoy learning more about flora and fauna, visiting volcanoes and surfing among other activities.

Tourism is one of the most important economic sectors in Costa Rica. As of September, the Tourism Institute recorded more than 1,848,000 tourists visiting the country.

Last year, about 2.3 million tourists visited the country. That is one million more visitors than in 2021.

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