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Authorities expect gradual tourism recovery in 2021

The Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT) says it's using several models to try to predict how many visitors the country will receive in 2021.

1 million people visited Costa Rica in 2020

Costa Rica welcomed nearly 75,000 people in December, up significantly over the prior month, according to Tourism Board (ICT) data. 

Gradual recovery: International arrivals to Costa Rica increased in December

Costa Rica welcomed nearly 75,000 people in December, up significantly over the prior month, according to Tourism Board (ICT) data. 

Despite easing restrictions, Costa Rica records gradual tourism recovery

Costa Rica welcomed just 36,044 people in November, according to data shared by the Tourism Board (ICT). 

3.1 million tourists visited Costa Rica last year. Here’s where they all came from

Costa Rica received 3.1 million foreign visitors last year, 4.1% more than in 2018, according to figures released by the government earlier this month.

How Costa Rica is affected by US aid

Over the last two years, $1.3 billion was earmarked for Central America for US official development aid, most of it to these three countries, according to AFP.

How Costa Rica’s cement market became a hotbed of intrigue

Alvaro Murillo takes an in-depth look at the often confusing, frequently surprising, and still ongoing case of the so-called #cementazo, and what it means for Costa Rica.
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