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MORE THAN 300 thousand Europeans arrived in the country during the 2013
During this year, five airlines have announced new flights in the country.
The German airline Condor announced that it will incorporate a third frequency weekly (Tuesday) in your route Frankfurt, Germany – San Jose, Costa Rica in response to increased demand.
Less than a dozen airlines announced new flights to Costa Rica.
This frequency will be operated in a Boeing 767 aircraft with capacity for 259 passengers.
The manager of airports of Condor, Oscar Alvarez, said the decision is due to the extensive experience that have to fly to the Costa Rican market.
"We have developed a successful reading in relation to the high demand on the part of not only of Germany but of the whole of the European Community, by traveling to Costa Rica, which lets us get ahead of the competition to meet the needs of the European tourists and even increase the export of cargo", he stressed.
Alberto Lopez, General Manager of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute, said it is excellent news, because this will allow you to continue growing the number of tourists coming to the country.
"Only the previous year, there were more than 300 thousand arrivals of Europeans to the country by all ports of entry, for an increase of 5.6 % compared with 2012, with Germany, Spain, France and the United Kingdom the main tourist-generating markets for Costa Rica from the continent", he said.
Rafael Mencia, CEO of Aeris, stressed that the German market, accounted for 18.19 % of the total number of Europeans who came to the country, in 2013, being the main issuer of tourists from the Old Continent.
"In addition, during the period 2009-2013 the average stay of this tourist in Costa Rica was 18 days and in that same year, he presented a daily average expenditure of $ 73 ", he said.
More flights. During 2014, five airlines have announced new flights in the country, according to the National Chamber of Tourism (Canatur).
Between September 1 and October 30 last, Avianca airlines, Aeromexico, JetBlue, Delta and United announced an increase in the frequency of flights to the two international airports of the country: the Juan Santamaria and the Daniel Oduber.
In addition, Cubana de Aviación will resume the direct flights to the island from mid November.
Also in the last few weeks he met the debut of the airlines Thomson Airways and Southwest Airlines beginning in 2015, as well as the interest of Turkish Airlines in an eventual direct flight to Costa Rica.
According to data from the Costa Rican Tourism Institute, currently 16 airlines offer a regular service to the Juan Santamaria International Airport and 10 regularly serving the Daniel Oduber International Airport.
