According to the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT), revenues from tourism accounted for
Costa Rica Tourism is up 9% in 2010
6.8 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2009 and over 7 percent in 2007 and 2008. In the last three years, earnings from tourism have averaged around $2 billion.
Through September of this year, the ICT reports that an estimated 1.6 million people have visited Costa Rica in 2010, a 9 percent increase over the same period in 2009.
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