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Year increase was 14.5% in the second
Hotel workers rose by 3,500 between July 2015 and July 2016
Foreign exchange earnings from tourism continued to grow apace in the second quarter of this year (April, May and June).
According to data from the quarterly balance of payments (which contains the transactions of the country with the rest of the world), published by the Central Bank last Friday in the second quarter of this year, exports of travel, as it is called that category, increased by 14.5% over the same period last year.
It is the third consecutive quarter with growth exceeding 14%.
In absolute amounts were $ 857 million tourism revenue received in the second quarter.
personal or business travel are included. Examples of the former are on holiday, which is the bulk of this category, but also participation in recreational and cultural activities, among others.
Business travel cover crews transport calling or are passing and government officials on official travel, among others.The growth in tourism is also noted in the monthly index of economic activity of hotels, which reflects the amount sold, which shows an acceleration since April 2015. Last July this indicator rose by 4.81% over the same month the previous year.
Growth also reaches workers.
According to data published by the Costa Rican Social Security, the number of workers with pension insurance, in the sector of hotels and restaurants went from 60,634 in July 2015 to 64,084 in July 2016.
“Very positive, this sector is one of the first to recover after the crisis and very successfully, these years have been good,” said Heriberto Pablo Abarca, president of the National Chamber of Tourism.
To Abarca, there are three factors that explain the results: alliance strategy private and public sector, attracting airlines and has been known to promote the country in the niches that are likely to visit.
Tourism Minister, Mauricio Ventura said attracting airlines as an important factor in the results.
He added that the number of visitors coming from all major markets in the country are growing double digits.
