This year’s first quarter, the number of tourists increased by 92,000 –or 17 percent—as compared to the first three months in 2007. The overall number of visitors corresponds to those flying into Juan Santamaria and Daniel Oduber international airports. According to Minister of Tourism Carlos Benavides, a majority of the visitors come from the United States, in spite of fears that recession in that nation would result in a decrease in the number of leisure travelers.
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