Costa Rica Hopes Dollar Devaluation Would Bring in More European Tourists

Tourism authorities in Costa Rica are putting their smart money on a skidding U.S. dollar to eventually scoop up far more European vacationers in the year 2005, sources close to the country´s National Tourism Chamber told Caribbean News Digital this week.

Some 230,000 Europeans visited Costa Rica in 2004, little more than a sixth of the 1.5 million tourists who travel to the Central American country on a yearly basis.

Average stays swayed between 10.4 and 13.5 nights per tourist, quite a hefty ratio for businesspeople and hoteliers.

Costa Rica is one of Latin America´s major ecological destinations whose good outcomes stem from solid international promotion and the good state of preservation of its natural reserves.