The low-cost airline Wingo announced that it plans to open two weekly frequencies between San José and Bogotá starting in September.
The company reported that it has not yet applied for permits from the General Directorate of Civil Aviation (DGAC), but that flights would be operated on Tuesdays and Saturdays, and ticket prices will have prices from $130 round trip.
In Panama, it is expected that the recent start of operations of Air Europa, and the next market entry of the airline Wingo, scheduled for the first quarter of 2020, will dynamize the alicaída tourist activity.
On June 3, Air Europa began operating the route between the capitals of Spain and Panama, with four frequencies a week: Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. The flights are operated with the Dreamliner fleet of the Boeing 787-8, with capacity for 296 passengers, 22 in Business Class.
In the first three months of the year, about 665,000 visitors were reported, a figure that is only 2% higher than that reported in the same period in 2018.
In March of this year, a total of 251,392 visitors arrived, of which 67% were tourists and 33% were hikers.
In the canton of Nicoya, Guanacaste province, it is planned to demolish the existing infrastructure and build the new facilities of the Harbor Reef hotel, a project that will require an investment of approximately $7.3 million.
Starting December 18, Air Transat will operate a new flight between Vancouver, Canada, and two Costa Rican cities, San Jose and Liberia, in a chain known as a triangular flight.
The Airbus for this triangular flight is a completely new aircraft with a capacity of 199 passengers.
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Because of the delay of the Costa Rican authorities to solve the problem of water supply in the Gulf of Papagayo, developers request that the terms of the concessions granted to them to develop tourism projects in the area be extended.
The Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) has already received requests for concessions to be extended, because some of the projects that have not been completed have already consumed half of the time they were granted.
In the context of a considerable fall in foreign investment in the sector in Costa Rica, the situation could be further complicated by the elimination of tax incentives that tax reform is bringing along.
Figures from the Central Bank of Costa Rica (BCCR) detail that after reporting $443 million in foreign direct investment in tourism in 2017, this figure decreased dramatically last year, registering only $23 million.
In Panama, the first $5 million was given to the International Tourism Promotion Fund, which is part of the $20 million that each year corresponds to the fund by law.
From the ATP statement:
May 24, 2019. The administrator of the PanamaTourism Authority, Gustavo Him, delivered this morning the first 5 million dollars to the International Tourism Promotion Fund, in the framework of the inauguration of International Tourism Expo 2019, which takes place at the ATLAPA Convention Center, on 24 and 25 May.
In 2018, revenues generated by health tourism companies in the Dominican Republic totaled $265 million, 15% more than in 2017, partly because of the competitive prices offered by the country.
Figures from the "Study and Diagnosis of Health Tourism in the Dominican Republic", detail that between 2017 and 2018 the income from this type of tourism increased by nearly $35 million, going from $230 million to $265 million.
In order to maintain the growth rate achieved last year in the number of visitors, government and business sector face challenges in terms of security, tourism supply, quality standards, among others.
Data from the Ministry of Tourism detail that generally, 2018 was a good year for tourism activity in the country.
Over the next four years, the country seeks to focus on attracting tourists between the age of 40-70 who are interested in environmentally "sustainable" destinations.
The project, which aims to position Guatemala internationally as a destination for this profile of tourists, is developed by Regenera, a non-governmental organization of Chile, and the Guatemalan Institute of Tourism (INGUAT).
In Costa Rica, 5% of people who show interest in traveling are attracted by adventure tourism, and about 40% of them are between 21 and 30 years old, and have a high level of purchasing power.
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American Airlines will add a daily flight connecting the U.S. city of Dallas with San Jose and Liberia in Costa Rica beginning on December 18.
The new flight has as particularity its night schedule, as they will leave Dallas/Fort Worth (DFW) late at night and return to that city leaving San Jose and Liberia in early morning flights, known as red-eye, in an aircraft B737-800, with 16 seats in First Class, 30 seats in Main Cabin Extra with additional space, and 126 seats in Economy Class, informed an official source in Costa Rica.
The construction of the road to Monteverde in Costa Rica, which has been postponed for years and that in the coming weeks would publish the tender documents, promises to further enhance tourism in the sector.
This is not the first attempt by a government to develop this important road project.
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