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TOURISM: More flights to North America and Europe will be available to travelers at the end of the year due to the increase in both frequencies and routes. The added flights are a result of Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) promotional strategy in the United States, Canada, and Europe. More than 27 airlines connect Costa Rica with the Americas and Europe directly.
Europe

• Air France: Paris
• British Airways: London
• Condor: Frankfurt
• Edelweiss: Zurich
• Iberia: Madrid
• KLM: Amsterdam
• Lufthansa: Frankfurt
• TUI: London

North and Central America

• Aeroméxico: Mexico City
• Air Canada: Toronto
• Air Transat: Vancouver
• Alaska Airlines: Los Ángeles
• American Airlines: Dallas, Miami, Charlotte, Phoenix
• Avianca: Guatemala, San Salvador
• Copa: Guatemala, Nicaragua, Honduras
• Delta: Atlanta, Los Ángeles
• Jet Blue: Fort Lauderdale, Nueva York, Orlando
• Interjet: Mexico City
• United: Nueva York, Houston, Chicago, Denver
• Volaris: San Salvador, Guatemala, México City, Cancún, Los Ángeles, Washington D.C., New York
• Spirit: Fort Lauderdale, Orlando
• Southwest: Baltimore, Houston, Fort Lauderdale
• Sunwing: Toronto
• WestJet: Toronto

South America

• Air Panama: Panama City
• Albatros: Caracas
• Avianca: Panama City, Lima, Bogota
• Copa Airlines: Panama City
• LATAM: Lima

Last year (2018), more than 3 million visitors arrived in Costa Rica. Where are they coming from? According to ICT data:

• North America 1,600,000
• Central America 690,000
• Europe 480,000
• South America 190,000
• Asia 56,000
• Caribbean 12,000
• Africa 3,000
• Middle East 1,000

Source: https://qcostarica.com