Despite growth in visitation and spending figures, reported stays in 2010 fell by 14% compared to the figures from the period before the crisis.
The tourism sector also takes into account other variables, such as the absolute number of visitors, to determine the growth of the activities.
From a press release CANATUR:
“August 2011. Given the figures released by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT in Spanish) regarding an increase of 6.5% in non-resident visits to the country for the first half of 2011 versus the same period last year, the National Chamber of Tourism (CANATUR) views these results as encouraging, however, lodging and tourism expenditure variables must also be taken into account in order to determine the real growth of tourism in the country.
The I International Conference on Sustainable Tourism will take place from October 26 to 29.
It is organized by the National Eco-tourism Chamber of Costa Rica, and will be staged at the Hotel Ramada Plaza Herradura.
"In Costa Rica there are 110 hotels certified as 'sustainable tourism', a distinction for companies making good use of the country's natural resources", reports Teletica.com.