Foreign exchange earnings from tourism exceeded $2.8 billion, an increase of 9% compared to 2014, according to figures presented by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT).

The number of tourists from the United States, the country from which the most number of people came to Costa Rica, grew by 8%, going from 997,262 travelers in 2014 to 1,077,044 in 2015, according to data from the institution.

Visitor arrivals from Europe rose by 6.1%, with a noteworthy 20% increase in the number of tourists coming from the UK. The influx of tourists from South America increased by 13%, particularly from Brazil and Argentina.

See summary of figures from the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT).

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