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Close to *** million international tourists arrived in Costa Rica in 2024, registering an annual growth of over ****percent. However, this figure was still around ** below the peak of 2019, when the Central American country recorded more than *** visitor arrivals.

Expenditure on trips to Costa Rica

The total visitor spending in the Central American country, including the cost of transportation, surpassed *** billion U.S. dollars. With an average of *** thousand U.S. dollars per trip, the expenditure of international tourists played a substantial role in the Costa Rican service exports, contributing to nearly one-fifth in 2021.

How do tourists choose to travel in Costa Rica?

Between January 2019 and December 2022, the month which witnessed the most significant number of tourist arrivals was January 2020, surpassing *** thousand. In 2022, December emerged as the most favored month by tourists, with over *** thousand arrivals.

Regarding transport modes, the Central American country saw almost *** million international tourist arrivals by air that year, while the number of visitor arrivals by water or road was under ** thousand. Moreover, approximately *** thousand tourist arrivals in Costa Rica originated in the United States, making it the primary contributor to the country's tourism industry.