Costa Rica Sees Increase In Mexican Tourists

The Mexican airline, Aeormexico, will inaugurate tomorrow, July 12, is direct flight service between Costa Rica and Cancun, Mexico.

The flight will leave the Mexican resort city at 10:50am to San José's Aeropuerto Internacional Juan Santamaría in Alajuela, according to the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT).

The ICT says that there has been an increase in Mexican tourists to Costa Rica, last year alone with 49.000 arrivals, with an expected 4.3% increase for this year.

According to Tourism minister, Allan Flores, Mexicans tourists spend on average US$155 per person, stay on average eight days and take in activities related to sustainable tourism.