Costa Rica aims to attract more tourists from Middle East as part of recovery plan: Vice-President

Costa Rica aims to attract more tourists from Middle East as part of recovery plan: Vice-President

By Lina Ibrahim

DUBAI, 20th January, 2022 (WAM) -- Costa Rica is looking to recover its tourism sector, which was affected by the coronavirus pandemic, through attracting more visitors from the Middle East region, said the country’s Vice President.

Epsy Campbell Barr, who visited the UAE to participate in Expo 2020 Dubai’s Global Goals Week, told the Emirates News Agency (WAM) that her country has already embarked on a recovery plan to attract tourists and bring tourism back up to pre-pandemic levels.

"Last year, we started the recovery of the tourism sector because we feel that we managed the pandemic well. We expect that this year and the next, we can achieve again our goals in terms of visitors to Costa Rica. We invite people from here [the UAE and the region] to visit our country," she said.

With 6.5 percent of the world's biodiversity, Costa Rica offers an abundance of nature experiences from rainforests, volcanos, lakes, hot-water rivers and mountains to beautiful coastlines.

Last month, during the visit of President Carlos Alvarado Quesada of Costa Rica to the UAE, Emirates Airline announced initiatives to promote Costa Rica as a tourism destination. This includes offering enhanced air connectivity to the central American country,