Tourism Statistical Yearly Report 2008 COSTA RICA TOURISM BOARD INDEX OF TABLES PART I. INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS TO COSTA RICA #
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39
DESCRIPTION
INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY MONTH AND NATIONALITY. 2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY AIR BY MONTH AND NATIONALITY. 2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY JUAN SANTAMARIA AIRPORT BY MONTH AND NATIONALITY. 2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY DANIEL ODUBER AIRPORT BY MONTH AND NATIONALITY. 2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY LAND BY MONTH AND NATIONALITY. 2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY AND PORT OF ENTRANCE. 2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY 2006-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY JUAN SANTAMARIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY NATIONALITY. 2006-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY LAND BY NATIONALITY 2006-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY SEA BY NATIONALITY. 2006-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY 1999-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY AIR BY NATIONALITY. 1999-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY LAND BY NATIONALITY. 1999-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY SEA BY NATIONALITY. 1998-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM UNITED STATES BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM CANADA BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM GERMANY BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM SPAIN BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM ITALY BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM NETHERLANDS BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM UNITED KINGDOM BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM FRANCE BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM SWITZERLAND BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM COLOMBIA BY MONTH. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM ARGENTINA BY MONTH. 1999-2008 NORTHERN AMERICA: MONTHLY SERIES OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008 CENTRAL AMERICA: MONTHLY SERIES OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008 EUROPE: MONTHLY SERIES OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008 CARIBBEAN: MONTHLY SERIES OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1998-2008 SOUTHERN AMERICA: MONTHLY SERIES OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY AIR BY MONTH. 1999-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY LAND BY MONTH. 1999-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY SEA BY MONTH. 1999-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY PORT OF ENTRANCE (% DISTRIBUTION). 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM UNITED STATES BY PORT OF ENTRANCE. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM UNITED STATES BY PORT OF ENTRANCE (% DISTRIBUTION). 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA BY PORT OF ENTRANCE. 1999-2008 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA BY PORT OF ENTRANCE (% DISTRIBUTION). 1999-2008
PART II. OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS #
40 41 42 43
DESCRIPTION
OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS BY MONTH AND DESTINATION. 2008 OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS BY DESTINATION. .2006-2008 OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS BY MONTH. 1999-2008 OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS BY DESTINATION. 1999-2008
PART III. ECONOMIC ASPECTS #
44 45 46 47 48
DESCRIPTION
COSTA RICA: TOURISM INCOMES AND EXPORTS OF MAIN PRODUCTS. 1999-2008 COSTA RICA: TOURISM INCOMES AND EXPORTS OF PRODUCTS. 2001-2008 TOURISM INCOMES AND RELATION TOURISM VS. EXPORTING PRODUCTS. 1999-2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS AND OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS. 2000-2008 TOURISM INCOMES AND TOURISM EXPENDITURES. 1999-2008
PART IV. TOURISM SUPPLY #
49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59
DESCRIPTION
NUMBER OF TOURIST DECLARED ENTERPRISES ACCORDING TO KIND AND CONDITION. 2008 TOURIST DECLARED ENTERPRISES IN PROJECT AND IN OPERATION BY REGION AND ACCORDING TO KIND. 2008 TOURIST DECLARED ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY (NUMBER OF ROOMS) AND TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008 TOURIST DECLARED ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY BY PLANNING REGIONS. 2008 TOTAL TOURIST ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY BY ROOMS AND HOTELS. 1999-2008 TOURIST DECLARED ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY (NUMBER OF ROOMS) BY CATEGORY (NUMBER OF STARS). 2008 LODGING ACTIVITY, FARES AND OCCUPANCY RATE BY MONTH. 2006-2008 LODGING ACTIVITY, FARES AND OCCUPANCY RATE BY MONTH (% CHANGES). 2006-2008 TRAVEL AGENCIES IN COSTA RICA BY REGION AND ACCORDING TO KIND. 2008 TOURIST DECLARED TRAVEL AGENCIES IN COSTA RICA. 1999-2008 INVESTMENT IN TOURISM (INCLUDE TOURIST DECLARE COMPANIES ONLY) DATA ARE IN COLONES. 2004-2008
PART V. CRUISE TRAFFIC #
DESCRIPTION
60 TOURIST CRUISES AND NUMBER OF PASSENGERS BY PORT AND MONTH. 2008 61 TOURIST CRUISES AND NUMBER OF PASSENGERS. 1994-2008 62 CRUISE VISITORS AND INCOMES FROM CRUISE TOURISM. 1994-2008
INDEX CHARTS #
DESCRIPTION
1 2 3 4
INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY (% DISTRIBUTION). 2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY PORT OF ENTRANCE (% DISTRIBUTION). 2008 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS. 2000 - 2008 COSTA RICA: TOURISM INCOMES. 2000 - 2008
TABLE 1 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY MONTH AND NATIONALITY. 2008 COUNTRY / ZONE
Month January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November December
Jan.-Dec.
222.723
203.772
221.551
167.000
150.525
176.648
198.672
168.885
117.348
124.965
153.539
183.546
2.089.174
NORTHERN AMERICA
97.214
100.994
122.008
83.689
73.884
91.740
96.093
73.227
38.256
44.711
62.923
91.822
976.561
Canada United States Mexico
17.556 75.469 4.189
17.367 79.748 3.879
17.102 98.821 6.085
9.094 70.171 4.424
6.024 62.685 5.175
4.388 82.660 4.692
5.619 82.233 8.241
4.846 63.243 5.138
2.525 31.085 4.646
2.916 37.756 4.039
7.629 51.021 4.273
14.788 72.270 4.764
109.854 807.162 59.545
CENTRAL AMERICA
81.529
60.251
57.955
48.892
45.296
53.875
56.619
52.374
48.540
46.194
46.120
50.941
648.586
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama
3.618 3.595 58 3.311 63.984 6.963
3.727 4.482 48 2.787 43.599 5.608
3.861 4.566 88 3.080 43.243 3.117
3.541 3.546 66 2.572 34.776 4.391
3.762 3.689 101 2.555 29.863 5.326
3.595 3.341 86 2.663 40.154 4.036
3.824 3.839 147 3.023 39.336 6.450
3.503 5.883 90 2.756 34.329 5.813
3.500 3.303 59 2.506 33.737 5.435
2.019 2.723 62 1.811 32.360 7.219
2.633 3.950 59 2.257 26.453 10.768
3.257 3.920 64 2.393 33.578 7.729
40.840 46.837 928 31.714 455.412 72.855
CARIBBEAN
1.273
1.141
1.582
1.173
1.296
1.213
1.686
1.508
1.218
1.071
1.117
1.011
15.289
643 464 53 0 35 78
452 440 68 9 51 121
521 647 51 4 111 248
429 482 46 3 62 151
523 484 70 0 96 123
492 478 54 4 57 128
606 661 68 11 66 274
625 531 51 29 68 204
537 475 25 9 53 119
303 453 54 3 81 177
263 608 53 9 65 119
494 354 23 2 27 111
5.888 6.077 616 83 772 1.853
11.456
9.544
10.275
9.036
9.284
9.001
10.530
9.828
9.069
8.657
8.134
9.297
114.111
2.684 153 1.006 913 3.699 487 29 653 159 1.673
1.914 162 787 1.108 2.867 410 47 482 223 1.544
1.973 223 943 734 3.080 432 39 586 251 2.014
1.454 230 976 687 2.676 409 60 600 253 1.691
1.606 143 977 786 2.589 406 54 824 251 1.648
1.278 214 1.021 719 2.774 436 56 679 275 1.549
1.616 256 1.490 975 3.078 416 56 623 306 1.714
1.426 276 1.051 722 2.681 412 51 752 267 2.190
1.334 278 922 918 2.543 390 53 753 239 1.639
1.244 297 1.087 764 2.591 360 64 575 339 1.336
1.231 158 941 462 2.330 406 93 684 254 1.575
1.762 151 1.139 562 2.736 319 34 481 180 1.933
19.522 2.541 12.340 9.350 33.644 4.883 636 7.692 2.997 20.506
24.498
27.719
26.015
20.713
17.601
18.178
30.483
28.578
17.326
20.404
31.324
26.540
289.379
Germany Austria Belgium Denmark Spain Finland France Netherlands Ireland Italy Norway Poland Portugal United Kingdom Czech Republic Russia Sweden Switzerland Other
3.732 581 623 634 3.031 193 3.150 2.248 210 2.388 426 163 177 2.924 174 479 1.274 1.531 560
5.458 740 698 722 3.145 209 4.482 2.681 293 1.847 484 236 133 3.389 224 302 971 1.105 600
4.686 491 734 509 3.648 162 3.589 2.050 289 1.650 557 147 291 3.924 136 203 1.097 1.243 609
3.042 370 500 281 3.351 118 3.002 2.416 191 1.462 314 237 238 2.709 104 255 525 1.119 479
2.381 239 399 245 3.321 132 1.702 1.779 223 1.195 261 213 148 3.436 99 165 388 793 482
2.124 230 478 305 4.298 102 1.666 1.964 232 1.151 344 119 137 3.276 87 120 432 698 415
3.448 560 1.215 522 6.937 101 3.407 4.719 423 1.531 325 151 254 4.518 55 163 357 1.332 465
3.124 530 516 222 9.475 79 3.402 2.402 383 1.943 120 132 391 4.202 59 159 206 762 471
2.480 269 412 144 4.726 75 1.342 2.104 214 1.012 112 148 160 2.783 58 100 245 576 366
3.305 433 914 240 4.682 77 1.894 2.468 275 960 238 200 321 2.141 80 315 555 899 407
6.407 1.080 1.159 367 4.467 260 3.950 3.144 349 1.466 371 336 327 3.831 333 316 953 1.445 763
4.518 601 720 527 2.948 426 3.036 2.640 285 2.389 529 126 222 3.117 170 363 1.723 1.455 745
44.705 6.124 8.368 4.718 54.029 1.934 34.622 30.615 3.367 18.994 4.081 2.208 2.799 40.250 1.579 2.940 8.726 12.958 6.362
ASIA-MIDDLE EAST
2.282
2.264
2.869
2.681
2.263
1.876
2.451
2.627
2.268
2.924
2.722
2.762
29.989
China Taiwan Korea (South y North) Israel Japan Others
176 212 273 804 444 373
177 201 219 812 480 375
217 269 321 821 622 619
358 175 227 960 430 531
267 298 224 625 300 549
161 213 204 541 315 442
336 282 245 812 367 409
249 211 243 874 518 532
246 239 154 923 357 349
178 87 172 1.580 282 625
451 208 155 854 533 521
176 278 260 813 720 515
2.992 2.673 2.697 10.419 5.368 5.840
AFRICA
148
148
185
128
152
156
146
176
114
178
175
146
1.852
OTHER COUNTRIES
827
601
646
669
723
578
651
557
551
820
993
1.011
8.627
3.496
1.110
16
19
26
31
13
10
6
6
31
16
4.780
TOTAL
Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad y Tobago Others SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela EUROPE
Non Indicated
TABLE 2 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY AIR BY MONTH AND NATIONALITY. 2008 COUNTRY / ZONE
Month January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November December
Jan.-Dec.
139.249
141.308
162.089
117.607
104.271
122.694
139.086
115.090
69.795
77.354
105.343
130.148
1.424.034
NORTHERN AMERICA
92.614
96.183
117.670
79.647
69.921
88.286
90.876
69.064
35.684
42.344
59.695
87.518
929.502
Canada United States Mexico
16.345 72.301 3.968
15.892 76.560 3.731
16.092 95.771 5.807
8.104 67.283 4.260
5.211 59.741 4.969
3.870 79.983 4.433
5.042 78.373 7.461
4.301 60.019 4.744
2.216 29.104 4.364
2.610 35.882 3.852
7.103 48.780 3.812
13.874 69.302 4.342
100.660 773.099 55.743
CENTRAL AMERICA
6.873
7.098
7.356
7.417
8.117
6.851
7.720
8.108
7.552
4.475
6.408
6.808
84.783
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama
2.192 1.171 35 1.041 994 1.440
2.137 1.581 38 1.096 747 1.499
2.357 1.524 76 1.105 968 1.326
2.209 1.613 45 1.011 956 1.583
2.337 1.723 85 1.231 1.063 1.678
2.049 1.432 55 1.044 864 1.407
2.309 1.751 64 1.107 968 1.521
2.072 2.359 50 1.170 906 1.551
2.289 1.568 43 1.182 1.009 1.461
1.140 1.114 53 658 486 1.024
1.951 1.387 59 1.251 481 1.279
2.106 1.514 30 974 799 1.385
25.148 18.737 633 12.870 10.241 17.154
CARIBBEAN
1.236
1.113
1.548
1.140
1.236
1.170
1.602
1.449
1.135
1.016
1.060
955
14.660
629 447 51 0 33 76
444 427 67 9 51 115
504 635 49 4 111 245
414 470 44 3 62 147
514 438 69 0 94 121
484 451 54 4 57 120
589 612 68 11 64 258
612 501 49 29 65 193
525 415 22 9 52 112
292 419 54 3 80 168
254 570 51 9 61 115
484 315 23 1 27 105
5.745 5.700 601 82 757 1.775
10.649
8.866
9.611
8.458
8.492
8.400
9.579
9.011
8.362
8.009
7.381
8.517
105.335
2.453 144 912 851 3.455 475 28 629 143 1.559
1.711 156 732 1.025 2.708 398 43 451 209 1.433
1.775 201 875 671 2.942 416 37 544 239 1.911
1.327 201 906 636 2.534 400 54 575 241 1.584
1.362 129 892 704 2.442 390 52 788 224 1.509
1.136 208 938 683 2.635 422 45 644 255 1.434
1.367 222 1.344 914 2.847 401 48 586 265 1.585
1.252 260 974 666 2.486 392 46 705 243 1.987
1.186 249 850 863 2.385 372 45 716 214 1.482
1.058 274 1.034 737 2.429 349 56 545 320 1.207
1.115 145 844 433 2.104 395 89 653 225 1.378
1.597 122 1.063 498 2.524 310 24 451 151 1.777
17.339 2.311 11.364 8.681 31.491 4.720 567 7.287 2.729 18.846
21.579
24.361
22.650
17.908
13.955
15.835
26.650
24.716
14.686
18.208
27.600
23.077
251.225
Germany Austria Belgium Denmark Spain Finland France Netherlands Ireland Italy Norway Poland Portugal United Kingdom Czech Republic Russia Sweden Switzerland Other
3.045 499 527 564 2.832 167 2.901 1.943 173 2.098 358 143 172 2.586 136 453 1.132 1.341 509
4.771 652 579 602 2.919 160 4.174 2.280 239 1.524 397 201 116 3.009 184 291 805 930 528
4.006 438 668 400 3.423 127 3.245 1.722 243 1.406 458 125 287 3.241 124 199 924 1.073 541
2.429 305 381 220 3.126 106 2.709 2.162 157 1.215 250 160 233 2.365 74 240 431 931 414
1.826 196 308 177 2.927 98 1.429 1.193 162 989 195 183 138 2.692 80 153 242 581 386
1.758 193 441 249 4.090 83 1.491 1.669 182 1.000 310 107 124 2.660 64 112 351 610 341
2.957 482 1.017 429 6.558 79 3.069 4.008 311 1.300 270 122 245 3.767 46 155 275 1.164 396
2.617 432 419 158 9.035 65 2.993 1.754 253 1.656 104 108 361 3.347 52 147 181 617 417
1.941 192 358 114 4.440 60 1.155 1.738 143 834 102 109 149 2.192 47 96 220 502 294
2.862 384 837 188 4.486 51 1.706 2.194 216 772 183 156 309 1.826 76 310 509 791 352
5.416 967 1.088 308 4.187 235 3.612 2.764 263 1.279 287 294 317 3.292 276 279 831 1.293 612
3.710 517 647 431 2.664 299 2.711 2.298 226 2.125 473 104 204 2.715 131 345 1.580 1.270 627
37.338 5.257 7.270 3.840 50.687 1.530 31.195 25.725 2.568 16.198 3.387 1.812 2.655 33.692 1.290 2.780 7.481 11.103 5.417
ASIA-MIDDLE EAST
2.035
1.970
2.544
2.364
1.895
1.616
2.082
2.197
1.894
2.544
2.318
2.368
25.827
China Taiwan Korea (South y North) Israel Japan Others
172 163 241 738 373 348
171 122 196 734 407 340
215 199 292 721 539 578
354 130 191 859 390 440
264 242 190 435 246 518
154 157 164 443 286 412
323 201 199 682 306 371
233 130 192 731 433 478
238 178 116 761 291 310
165 0 128 1.417 243 591
434 137 121 703 424 499
169 169 210 721 628 471
2.892 1.828 2.240 8.945 4.566 5.356
AFRICA
138
142
175
114
138
139
131
166
98
149
164
134
1.688
OTHER COUNTRIES
631
466
520
541
505
379
438
370
379
603
686
769
6.287
3.494
1.109
15
18
12
18
8
9
5
6
31
2
4.727
TOTAL
Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad y Tobago Others SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela EUROPE
Non Indicated
TABLE 3 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY JUAN SANTAMARIA AIRPORT BY MONTH AND NATIONALITY. 2008 COUNTRY / ZONE
Month January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November December
Jan.-Dec.
115.673
116.002
132.601
98.498
90.113
104.739
119.495
99.162
65.094
68.991
92.335
113.477
1.216.180
NORTHERN AMERICA
70.141
72.158
89.449
61.519
57.624
72.198
73.426
55.553
32.346
34.896
47.777
72.022
739.109
Canada United States Mexico
9.457 56.786 3.898
9.390 59.080 3.688
9.806 73.889 5.754
4.631 52.691 4.197
4.009 48.841 4.774
2.835 64.991 4.372
3.850 62.187 7.389
3.189 47.655 4.709
1.893 26.106 4.347
2.235 28.843 3.818
4.801 39.238 3.738
10.057 57.659 4.306
66.153 617.966 54.990
CENTRAL AMERICA
6.799
7.001
7.263
7.303
8.032
6.756
7.607
7.865
7.513
4.341
6.195
6.706
83.381
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama
2.175 1.162 35 1.038 959 1.430
2.120 1.560 38 1.078 714 1.491
2.312 1.517 72 1.104 939 1.319
2.196 1.582 42 1.002 917 1.564
2.314 1.709 85 1.214 1.041 1.669
2.033 1.403 53 1.031 845 1.391
2.280 1.729 64 1.090 952 1.492
2.051 2.188 50 1.162 879 1.535
2.281 1.564 43 1.174 993 1.458
1.132 1.067 53 632 477 980
1.838 1.343 59 1.243 445 1.267
2.063 1.493 30 966 787 1.367
24.795 18.317 624 12.734 9.948 16.963
CARIBBEAN
1.195
1.098
1.538
1.132
1.219
1.146
1.571
1.411
1.116
994
1.048
952
14.420
596 445 48 0 33 73
442 427 64 9 49 107
502 633 47 4 111 241
414 466 42 3 61 146
513 427 66 0 92 121
484 438 50 4 54 116
583 595 62 11 62 258
608 487 43 29 61 183
525 404 21 8 50 108
287 412 51 3 77 164
254 568 44 9 59 114
483 314 23 1 27 104
5.691 5.616 561 81 736 1.735
10.545
8.738
9.469
8.324
8.409
8.299
9.469
8.930
8.308
7.939
7.278
8.467
104.175
2.426 140 891 832 3.449 468 28 626 141 1.544
1.692 155 697 1.000 2.699 391 42 449 209 1.404
1.753 199 840 665 2.929 411 37 531 239 1.865
1.300 198 871 623 2.520 396 53 553 240 1.570
1.347 129 873 695 2.425 384 52 779 224 1.501
1.113 207 917 677 2.624 412 43 635 252 1.419
1.350 222 1.317 885 2.837 397 47 583 264 1.567
1.228 259 961 658 2.478 391 44 698 241 1.972
1.178 249 846 848 2.378 370 45 713 214 1.467
1.055 270 1.030 736 2.399 347 56 545 316 1.185
1.102 144 835 421 2.082 379 87 648 224 1.356
1.590 120 1.050 495 2.510 309 24 447 150 1.772
17.134 2.292 11.128 8.535 31.330 4.655 558 7.207 2.714 18.622
20.852
23.464
21.798
17.323
12.395
14.300
24.910
22.797
13.471
17.629
26.953
22.197
238.089
Germany Austria Belgium Denmark Spain Finland France Netherlands Ireland Italy Norway Poland Portugal United Kingdom Czech Republic Russia Sweden Switzerland Other
2.961 485 492 546 2.797 163 2.821 1.897 161 2.027 349 127 169 2.413 133 431 1.108 1.304 468
4.676 638 561 585 2.880 155 4.031 2.224 194 1.458 375 177 113 2.780 177 278 768 904 490
3.919 430 640 384 3.367 121 3.171 1.679 226 1.351 399 113 280 2.986 118 187 902 1.037 488
2.366 290 370 212 3.086 102 2.647 2.132 140 1.174 235 146 229 2.172 71 224 416 916 395
1.770 185 299 172 2.897 96 1.406 1.172 150 970 190 163 137 1.406 71 141 238 574 358
1.713 189 420 246 4.056 79 1.412 1.633 169 966 301 91 115 1.557 55 106 315 594 283
2.892 472 994 418 6.496 78 3.001 3.914 280 1.252 256 110 240 2.557 46 146 261 1.146 351
2.576 421 392 154 8.935 59 2.905 1.722 213 1.585 98 87 349 1.965 49 126 167 605 389
1.919 191 356 114 4.406 60 1.136 1.720 138 823 100 98 146 1.128 46 92 218 498 282
2.836 384 830 183 4.438 51 1.679 2.162 214 763 183 149 307 1.463 73 307 478 782 347
5.312 960 1.076 298 4.141 189 3.546 2.719 252 1.243 283 291 315 3.123 269 265 808 1.271 592
3.615 507 615 410 2.634 288 2.620 2.268 195 2.003 462 93 201 2.461 112 311 1.545 1.255 602
36.555 5.152 7.045 3.722 50.133 1.441 30.375 25.242 2.332 15.615 3.231 1.645 2.601 26.011 1.220 2.614 7.224 10.886 5.045
ASIA-MIDDLE EAST
1.931
1.883
2.435
2.277
1.831
1.548
1.997
2.104
1.875
2.478
2.275
2.278
24.912
China Taiwan Korea (South y North) Israel Japan Others
167 159 234 689 359 323
167 122 194 707 391 302
211 197 285 709 509 524
350 130 184 837 380 396
260 241 181 424 238 487
152 156 161 428 273 378
320 200 191 663 299 324
231 130 189 704 414 436
236 178 116 756 289 300
161 0 128 1.405 232 552
432 136 120 695 414 478
167 167 205 690 620 429
2.854 1.816 2.188 8.707 4.418 4.929
AFRICA
123
135
166
112
123
131
110
152
97
140
156
125
1.570
OTHER COUNTRIES
595
417
468
491
469
344
400
349
368
574
646
729
5.850
3.492
1.108
15
17
11
17
5
1
0
7
1
4.674
TOTAL
Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad y Tobago Others SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela EUROPE
Non Indicated
TABLE 4 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY DANIEL ODUBER AIRPORT BY MONTH AND NATIONALITY. 2008 COUNTRY / ZONE
Month January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November December
Jan.-Dec.
TOTAL
23.205
25.013
29.206
18.841
13.984
17.753
19.299
15.628
4.552
8.059
12.247
16.531
204.318
NORTHERN AMERICA
22.265
23.894
28.052
17.987
12.216
15.985
17.333
13.403
3.267
7.358
11.626
15.446
188.832
Canada United States Mexico
6.848 15.353 64
6.486 17.372 36
6.264 21.736 52
3.455 14.470 62
1.197 10.825 194
1.021 14.903 61
1.175 16.088 70
1.097 12.277 29
317 2.933 17
373 6.951 34
2.254 9.319 53
3.808 11.604 34
34.295 153.831 706
27
29
55
41
24
51
39
180
10
48
27
45
576
5 11
10 3
12 7
12 148
5
4 29
11 8
16 9
2 16 7
3 10 7
1 17 2
4 1
2 1 12
2
6 5
10 15 2 6 11 7
6
6 11 3
115 244 6 25 127 59
8
17
24
31
38
16
22
9
3
231
1 11 3
13 4
6 17 6
4 14 6
11 1
5 7 3
2 4
1 1
3 4
2
4 10
2 2
3 4
2 1
1
54 84 37 0 21 35
CENTRAL AMERICA
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama
6 2
7 6
14 5
2 12 2
17 6 4 1 25 2
CARIBBEAN
40
13
10
Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad y Tobago Others
33 2 3
2 3
2 2 2
4 2
2 6
4
1 1
2
2
SOUTHERN AMERICA
64
94
119
119
78
88
85
65
51
38
46
47
894
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
13 4 8 19 5 4
14
22 2 33 6 11 4
15
10
21 1 8 8 8 1 1 7
8 4 15 7 1
3 4 2 1 26
10
13
2
7 1 6 6 10 1 2 5 1 7
7 2 13 3 11 1
7
19 1 20 5 9 7 1 9 2 15
4 1 5
164 18 204 132 133 31 6 78 6 122
3
32 22 8 3 1 2
8
12
28
25 3 35 11 14 1 1 20 1 8
EUROPE
660
846
807
550
1.536
1.501
1.676
1.819
1.179
499
448
852
12.373
Germany Austria Belgium Denmark Spain Finland France Netherlands Ireland Italy Norway Poland Portugal United Kingdom Czech Republic Russia Sweden Switzerland Other
72 10 35 18 27 4 79 40 11 67 7 14 3 161 3 21 20 29 39
86 9 18 16 26 5 139 54 45 60 22 24 3 229 7 13 33 20 37
81 8 27 16 46 6 74 33 17 53 58 12 7 252 6 12 21 25 53
63 15 8 8 33 4 59 24 16 39 12 14 4 184 3 16 15 15 18
51 10 9 5 20 2 23 17 12 17 5 20 1 1.284 9 12 4 7 28
44 4 21 3 22 4 79 28 11 33 7 15 9 1.097 9 6 36 15 58
61 10 23 11 43 1 66 75 28 45 12 12 5 1.206
22 1 2
26
9 10 14 45
36 10 27 4 46 6 84 21 38 68 3 20 7 1.372 3 21 14 11 28
16 12 5 11 2 11 3 1.058 1 4 2 3 10
7 2 349 3 3 31 5 5
56 7 12 10 24 10 30 15 11 36 4 3 2 157 7 14 14 16 20
94 10 31 21 30 11 88 30 20 122 11 11 3 246 19 34 32 14 25
692 94 216 117 349 53 754 365 216 560 143 163 49 7.595 70 165 232 174 366
ASIA-MIDDLE EAST
100
80
107
86
62
66
78
89
19
60
43
89
879
China Taiwan Korea (South y North) Israel Japan Others
5 4 7 46 14 24
4
4
2 1 3 14 12 34
3 1 8 15 5 46
2
4
7 22 9 44
4 1 9 11 8 29
2
2 23 15 36
4 1 7 12 30 53
3 24 18 42
5 2 10
6 11 39
2 1 1 8 10 21
2 2 5 31 8 41
38 11 52 217 142 419
AFRICA
15
7
9
1
15
7
19
14
1
9
8
9
114
OTHER COUNTRIES
34
49
47
49
36
31
38
20
9
25
40
40
418
Non Indicated
1
13
19 7 16 5 9
24 29 8 3 3 1 7
3
16
3 5 16 17 16 2 9
1
TABLE 5 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY LAND BY MONTH AND NATIONALITY. 2008 COUNTRY / ZONE
Month January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November December
Jan.-Dec.
83.091
62.053
58.645
48.835
45.975
53.832
59.450
53.625
47.444
47.234
47.866
53.249
661.299
NORTHERN AMERICA
4.276
4.463
3.939
3.657
3.810
3.399
5.165
4.114
2.550
2.140
3.008
4.225
44.746
Canada United States Mexico
1.199 2.856 221
1.466 2.849 148
960 2.702 277
966 2.528 163
802 2.804 204
509 2.633 257
573 3.819 773
540 3.188 386
304 1.965 281
288 1.667 185
502 2.057 449
908 2.902 415
9.017 31.970 3.759
CENTRAL AMERICA
74.643
53.145
50.581
41.450
37.172
47.022
48.887
44.254
40.985
41.712
39.703
44.131
563.685
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama
1.426 2.424 23 2.270 62.990 5.510
1.590 2.901 10 1.691 42.852 4.101
1.504 3.042 12 1.975 42.274 1.774
1.332 1.929 21 1.561 33.817 2.790
1.425 1.966 16 1.324 28.798 3.643
1.546 1.908 31 1.619 39.289 2.629
1.512 2.088 83 1.916 38.367 4.921
1.431 3.524 40 1.586 33.418 4.255
1.210 1.735 16 1.324 32.727 3.973
879 1.609 9 1.151 31.872 6.192
682 2.563 0 1.006 25.969 9.483
1.151 2.406 34 1.419 32.778 6.343
15.688 28.095 295 18.842 445.151 55.614
CARIBBEAN
37
26
34
30
60
43
84
50
83
55
57
56
615
Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad y Tobago Others
14 17 2 0 2 2
8 13 1 0 0 4
17 12 2 0 0 3
15 12 1 0 0 2
9 46 1 0 2 2
8 27 0 0 0 8
17 49 0 0 2 16
13 22 2 0 3 10
12 60 3 0 1 7
11 34 0 0 1 9
9 38 2 0 4 4
10 39 0 1 0 6
143 369 14 1 15 73
SOUTHERN AMERICA
805
673
650
573
771
595
944
796
701
628
747
778
8.661
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
231 9 94 62 244 11 1 24 16 113
203 5 55 83 159 10 4 31 14 109
187 22 68 63 137 15 2 41 12 103
125 29 70 49 142 9 6 25 12 106
238 14 85 80 144 7 2 36 27 138
142 6 82 36 137 12 11 35 20 114
249 34 146 60 229 13 8 37 41 127
174 16 77 55 182 20 5 47 24 196
148 29 72 55 157 14 8 36 25 157
186 23 50 27 160 11 4 21 19 127
116 13 94 29 223 11 4 31 29 197
163 29 76 64 212 9 10 30 29 156
2.162 229 969 663 2.126 142 65 394 268 1.643
2.881
3.319
2.998
2.713
3.571
2.319
3.789
3.834
2.600
2.121
3.659
3.430
37.234
Germany Austria Belgium Denmark Spain Finland France Netherlands Ireland Italy Norway Poland Portugal United Kingdom Czech Republic Russia Sweden Switzerland Other
681 82 96 70 198 26 248 300 36 290 68 19 5 318 38 26 142 188 50
679 88 119 119 225 49 305 400 54 321 87 35 16 364 40 10 166 174 68
666 52 65 106 220 35 331 323 44 239 96 22 4 389 12 4 171 165 54
576 64 119 61 221 12 293 249 34 243 63 69 5 332 30 12 92 182 56
549 41 90 67 390 33 270 573 56 202 66 30 10 729 16 12 142 211 84
362 37 37 56 208 19 173 295 50 151 33 10 13 608 23 6 79 88 71
488 75 196 93 374 20 334 704 112 231 55 26 9 744 9 7 81 166 65
502 98 97 64 436 13 409 644 130 287 16 24 30 851 7 8 25 144 49
539 77 54 30 286 15 185 366 71 177 10 36 9 589 11 1 25 72 47
432 49 77 46 196 26 182 271 56 184 55 41 12 300 4 5 46 104 35
970 113 71 59 277 25 336 380 86 187 84 42 10 527 57 31 122 137 145
808 84 73 96 284 127 325 341 59 262 52 21 17 394 39 17 139 185 107
7.252 860 1.094 867 3.315 400 3.391 4.846 788 2.774 685 375 140 6.145 286 139 1.230 1.816 831
ASIA-MIDDLE EAST
246
290
313
284
355
234
355
382
340
342
395
370
3.906
4 49 32 66 71 24
6 79 23 78 73 31
2 70 29 98 83 31
4 45 36 100 40 59
2 56 34 190 54 19
6 52 40 98 29 9
12 78 45 126 61 33
8 78 51 143 74 28
5 59 38 162 66 10
11 77 44 157 39 14
17 71 34 151 109 13
7 109 50 89 92 23
84 823 456 1.458 791 294
9
5
10
13
10
15
15
9
16
29
11
7
149
192
131
119
114
212
192
206
185
168
207
286
238
2.250
2
1
1
1
14
13
5
1
1
0
0
14
53
TOTAL
EUROPE
China Taiwan Korea (South y North) Israel Japan Others AFRICA OTHER COUNTRIES
Non Indicated
TABLE 6 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY AND PORT OF ENTRANCE. 2008 COUNTRY / ZONE
Juan Santamaría
BY AIR Daniel Oduber
TOTAL BY AIR
Tobias Bolaños
OTHERS BY LAND
TOTAL
BY SEA
1.216.180
204.318
3.536
1.424.034
661.299
3.841
2.089.174
NORTHERN AMERICA
739.109
188.832
1.561
929.502
44.746
2.313
976.561
Canada United States Mexico
66.153 617.966 54.990
34.295 153.831 706
212 1.302 47
100.660 773.099 55.743
9.017 31.970 3.759
177 2.093 43
109.854 807.162 59.545
CENTRAL AMERICA
83.381
576
826
84.783
563.685
118
648.586
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama
24.795 18.317 624 12.734 9.948 16.963
115 244 6 25 127 59
238 176 3 111 166 132
25.148 18.737 633 12.870 10.241 17.154
15.688 28.095 295 18.842 445.151 55.614
4 5 0 2 20 87
40.840 46.837 928 31.714 455.412 72.855
CARIBBEAN
14.420
231
9
14.660
615
14
15.289
5.691 5.616 561 81 736 1.735
54 84 37 0 21 35
0 0 3 1 0 5
5.745 5.700 601 82 757 1.775
143 369 14 1 15 73
0 8 1 0 0 5
5.888 6.077 616 83 772 1.853
104.175
894
266
105.335
8.661
115
114.111
17.134 2.292 11.128 8.535 31.330 4.655 558 7.207 2.714 18.622
164 18 204 132 133 31 6 78 6 122
41 1 32 14 28 34 3 2 9 102
17.339 2.311 11.364 8.681 31.491 4.720 567 7.287 2.729 18.846
2.162 229 969 663 2.126 142 65 394 268 1.643
21 1 7 6 27 21 4 11 0 17
19.522 2.541 12.340 9.350 33.644 4.883 636 7.692 2.997 20.506
238.089
12.373
763
251.225
37.234
920
289.379
Germany Austria Belgium Denmark Spain Finland France Netherlands Ireland Italy Norway Poland Portugal United Kingdom Czech Republic Russia Sweden Switzerland Other
36.555 5.152 7.045 3.722 50.133 1.441 30.375 25.242 2.332 15.615 3.231 1.645 2.601 26.011 1.220 2.614 7.224 10.886 5.045
692 94 216 117 349 53 754 365 216 560 143 163 49 7.595 70 165 232 174 366
91 11 9 1 205 36 66 118 20 23 13 4 5 86 0 1 25 43 6
37.338 5.257 7.270 3.840 50.687 1.530 31.195 25.725 2.568 16.198 3.387 1.812 2.655 33.692 1.290 2.780 7.481 11.103 5.417
7.252 860 1.094 867 3.315 400 3.391 4.846 788 2.774 685 375 140 6.145 286 139 1.230 1.816 831
115 7 4 11 27 4 36 44 11 22 9 21 4 413 3 21 15 39 114
44.705 6.124 8.368 4.718 54.029 1.934 34.622 30.615 3.367 18.994 4.081 2.208 2.799 40.250 1.579 2.940 8.726 12.958 6.362
ASIA-MIDDLE EAST
24.912
879
36
25.827
3.906
256
29.989
China Taiwan Korea (South y North) Israel Japan Others
2.854 1.816 2.188 8.707 4.418 4.929
38 11 52 217 142 419
0 1 0 21 6 8
2.892 1.828 2.240 8.945 4.566 5.356
84 823 456 1.458 791 294
16 22 1 16 11 190
2.992 2.673 2.697 10.419 5.368 5.840
AFRICA
1.570
114
4
1.688
149
15
1.852
OTHER COUNTRIES
5.850
418
19
6.287
2.250
90
8.627
Non Indicated
4.674
1
52
4.727
53
0
4.780
TOTAL
Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad y Tobago Others SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela EUROPE
TABLE 7 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY 2006-2008
COUNTRY / ZONE
Year 2006
2007
VARIATION 2008
2006 vrs 2007 Change
TOTAL
%
2007 vrs 2008 Change
%
1.725.261
1.979.789
2.089.174
254.528
14,8
109.385
5,5
875.959 88.304 731.236 56.419
953.812 102.061 790.315 61.436
976.561 109.854 807.162 59.545
77.853 13.757 59.079 5.017
8,9 15,6 8,1 8,9
22.749 7.793 16.847 -1.891
2,4 7,6 2,1 -3,1
478.147 41.057 46.414 826 32.550 281.086 76.214
592.840 43.864 48.976 901 35.673 379.222 84.204
648.586 40.840 46.837 928 31.714 455.412 72.855
114.693 2.807 2.562 75 3.123 98.136 7.990
24,0 6,8 5,5 9,1 9,6 34,9 10,5
55.746 -3.024 -2.139 27 -3.959 76.190 -11.349
9,4 -6,9 -4,4 3,0 -11,1 20,1 -13,5
11.935 4.398 3.749 1.032 664 745 1.347
15.129 5.224 5.615 937 647 878 1.828
15.289 5.888 6.077 616 83 772 1.853
3.194 826 1.866 -95 -17 133 481
26,8 18,8 49,8 -9,2 -2,6 17,9 35,7
160 664 462 -321 -564 -106 25
1,1 12,7 8,2 -34,3 -87,2 -12,1 1,4
90.906 16.805 2.461 9.730 7.864 27.706 4.446 402 5.900 1.991 13.601
108.770 18.505 2.634 10.726 9.397 31.299 5.039 516 7.987 2.311 20.356
114.111 19.522 2.541 12.340 9.350 33.644 4.883 636 7.692 2.997 20.506
17.864 1.700 173 996 1.533 3.593 593 114 2.087 320 6.755
19,7 10,1 7,0 10,2 19,5 13,0 13,3 28,4 35,4 16,1 49,7
5.341 1.017 -93 1.614 -47 2.345 -156 120 -295 686 150
4,9 5,5 -3,5 15,0 -0,5 7,5 -3,1 23,3 -3,7 29,7 0,7
234.681 37.847
271.631 40.285
289.379 44.705
36.950 2.438
15,7 6,4
17.748 4.420
6,5 11,0
5.107
5.778
6.124
671
13,1
346
6,0
5.977
6.659
8.368
682
11,4
1.709
25,7
3.316
3.910
4.718
594
17,9
808
20,7
50.225
59.089
54.029
8.864
17,6
-5.060
-8,6
1.187
1.329
1.934
142
12,0
605
45,5
24.392
25.939
34.622
1.547
6,3
8.683
33,5
24.303
28.014
30.615
3.711
15,3
2.601
9,3
19.175
20.251
18.994
1.076
5,6
-1.257
-6,2
2.583
3.192
4.081
609
23,6
889
27,9
27.890
37.580
40.250
9.690
34,7
2.670
7,1
5.903
7.854
8.726
1.951
33,1
872
11,1
13.144
13.358
12.958
214
1,6
-400
-3,0
13.632
18.393
19.255
4.761
34,9
862
4,7
25.217
28.203
29.989
2.986
11,8
1.786
6,3
AFRICA
1.204
1.621
1.852
417
34,6
231
14,3
OTHER AREAS*
7.212
7.783
13.407
571
7,9
5.624
72,3
NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada United States Mexico CENTRAL AMERICA
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama CARIBBEAN
Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Puerto Rico Trinidad y Tobago Others SOUTHERN AMERICA
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela EUROPE
Germany Austria Belgium Denmark Spain Finland France Netherlands Italy Norway United Kingdom Sweden Switzerland Other ASIA - MIDDLE EAST
*/ Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa and "Non indicated"
TABLE 8 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY JUAN SANTAMARIA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT BY NATIONALITY. 2006-2008
COUNTRY / ZONE
Year 2006
2007
VARIATION 2008
2006 vrs 2007 Change
TOTAL
%
2007 vrs 2008 Change
%
1.067.076
1.159.720
1.216.180
92.644
8,7
56.460
4,9
670.090 56.791 560.756 52.543
715.983 60.749 598.264 56.970
739.109 66.153 617.966 54.990
45.893 3.958 37.508 4.427
6,8 7,0 6,7 8,4
23.126 5.404 19.702 -1.980
3,2 8,9 3,3 -3,5
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama
82.041 23.386 17.103 624 12.765 10.290 17.873
88.908 24.881 19.230 643 12.904 11.874 19.376
83.381 24.795 18.317 624 12.734 9.948 16.963
6.867 1.495 2.127 19 139 1.584 1.503
8,4 6,4 12,4 3,0 1,1 15,4 8,4
-5.527 -86 -913 -19 -170 -1.926 -2.413
-6,2 -0,3 -4,7 -3,0 -1,3 -16,2 -12,5
CARIBBEAN
11.205
14.112
14.420
2.907
25,9
308
2,2
SOUTHERN AMERICA
82.345
98.285
104.175
15.940
19,4
5.890
6,0
195.118
213.292
238.089
18.174
9,3
24.797
11,6
26.277
29.140
37.006
2.863
10,9
7.866
27,0
NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada United States Mexico CENTRAL AMERICA
EUROPE OTHER AREAS*
*/ Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa and "Non indicated"
TABLE 9 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY LAND BY NATIONALITY. 2006-2008
COUNTRY / ZONE
Year 2006
VARIATION
2007
2006 vrs 2007
2008
Change
TOTAL
%
2007 vrs 2008 Change
%
486.881
618.013
661.299
131.132
26,9
43.286
7,0
45.349 8.145 34.048 3.156
53.345 9.637 40.020 3.688
44.746 9.017 31.970 3.759
7.996 1.492 5.972 532
17,6 18,3 17,5 16,9
-8.599 -620 -8.050 71
-16,1 -6,4 -20,1 1,9
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama
394.265 17.267 29.036 200 19.575 270.490 57.697
502.545 18.539 29.510 253 22.658 367.079 64.506
563.685 15.688 28.095 295 18.842 445.151 55.614
108.280 1.272 474 53 3.083 96.589 6.809
27,5 7,4 1,6 26,5 15,7 35,7 11,8
61.140 -2.851 -1.415 42 -3.816 78.072 -8.892
12,2 -15,4 -4,8 16,6 -16,8 21,3 -13,8
CARIBBEAN
601
814
615
213
35,4
-199
-24,4
7.708
9.532
8.661
1.824
23,7
-871
-9,1
33.110
44.844
37.234
11.734
35,4
-7.610
-17,0
5.848
6.933
6.358
1.085
18,6
-575
-8,3
NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada United States Mexico CENTRAL AMERICA
SOUTHERN AMERICA EUROPE OTHER AREAS*
*/ Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa and "Non indicated"
TABLE 10 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY SEA BY NATIONALITY. 2006-2008
COUNTRY / ZONE
Year 2006
VARIATION
2007
2006 vrs 2007
2008
Change
%
2007 vrs 2008 Change
%
TOTAL
6.430
4.781
3.841
-1.649
-25,6
-940
-19,7
NORTHERN AMERICA
4.199 214 3.907 78
3.456 145 3.254 57
2.313 177 2.093 43
-743 -69 -653 -21
-17,7 -32,2 -16,7 -26,9
-1.143 32 -1.161 -14
-33,1 22,1 -35,7 -24,6
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama
308 8 17 0 5 35 243
116 11 3 0 3 14 85
118 4 5 0 2 20 87
-192 3 -14 0 -2 -21 -158
-62,3 37,5 -82,4
1,7 -63,6 66,7
-40,0 -60,0 -65,0
2 -7 2 0 -1 6 2
CARIBBEAN
10
45
14
35
350,0
-31
-68,9
129
69
115
-60
-46,5
46
66,7
1.394
884
920
-510
-36,6
36
4,1
390
211
361
-179
-45,9
150
71,1
Canada United States Mexico CENTRAL AMERICA
SOUTHERN AMERICA EUROPE OTHER AREAS*
*/ Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa and "Non indicated"
-33,3 42,9 2,4
TABLE 11 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY. 1999-2008 COUNTRY / ZONE TOTAL NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada United States Mexico CENTRAL AMERICA
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama CARIBBEAN SOUTHERN AMERICA EUROPE OTHER AREAS*
Year 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2007
2008
1.725.261
1.979.789
2.089.174
1.031.585
1.088.075
1.131.406
1.113.359
1.237.948
469.996 45.565 392.556 31.875
515.853 52.696 429.725 33.432
518.595 52.661 429.093 36.841
509.253 49.168 422.215 37.870
611.520 54.656 510.751 46.113
754.982 74.212 633.640 47.130
895.370 86.906 758.134 50.330
875.959 88.304 731.236 56.419
953.812 102.061 790.315 61.436
976.561 109.854 807.162 59.545
310.661 33.677 28.572
286.466 33.191 31.149
320.277 32.574 35.054
320.615 33.150 33.531
26.400 168.447 53.565
24.338 143.142 54.646
27.174 171.583 53.892
23.705 174.455 55.774
312.936 35.174 33.892 744 23.004 163.632 56.490
359.979 40.166 38.264 655 25.540 191.398 63.956
415.464 37.771 44.873 659 27.719 231.712 72.730
478.147 41.057 46.414 826 32.550 281.086 76.214
592.840 43.864 48.976 901 35.673 379.222 84.204
648.586 40.840 46.837 928 31.714 455.412 72.855
9.327
9.450
9.298
8.836
9.639
11.696
12.412
11.935
15.129
15.289
73.340
95.612
103.917
88.805
83.736
87.127
88.394
90.906
108.770
114.111
141.331
151.393
150.796
157.990
192.099
208.222
232.889
234.681
271.631
289.379
26.930
29.301
28.523
27.860
28.018
30.920
34.522
33.633
37.607
45.248
*/ Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa and "Non indicated"
1.452.926 1.679.051
2006
TABLE 12 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY AIR BY NATIONALITY. 1999-2008 COUNTRY / ZONE
Year 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
TOTAL
734.158
800.795
812.022
798.548
927.705
NORTHERN AMERICA
440.748 41.677 368.644 30.427
475.769 47.166 396.909 31.694
486.998 47.947 403.775 35.276
481.948 45.048 400.758 36.142
581.556 50.326 487.586 43.644
714.122 67.569 602.007 44.546
843.917 78.888 717.746 47.283
70.262 22.746 13.026
71.677 22.171 14.803
66.533 19.102 14.385
65.942 19.739 14.812
8.058 10.791 15.641
9.402 10.729 14.572
9.226 9.155 14.665
7.472 8.838 15.081
70.037 22.062 14.694 596 7.328 8.778 16.579
76.948 24.319 16.158 504 9.352 8.841 17.774
8.907
8.724
8.710
8.304
9.170
66.291
87.608
95.221
81.902
124.533
131.879
129.872
23.417
25.138
24.688
Canada United States Mexico CENTRAL AMERICA
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama CARIBBEAN SOUTHERN AMERICA EUROPE OTHER AREAS*
*/ Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa and "Non indicated"
2004
2005
1.087.890 1.243.541
2006 1.231.950
2007
2008
1.356.995
1.424.034
826.411 79.945 693.281 53.185
897.011 92.279 747.041 57.691
929.502 100.660 773.099 55.743
80.539 22.460 18.904 472 9.962 10.441 18.300
83.574 23.782 17.361 626 12.970 10.561 18.274
90.179 25.314 19.463 648 13.012 12.129 19.613
84.783 25.148 18.737 633 12.870 10.241 17.154
11.135
11.617
11.324
14.270
14.660
76.013
80.224
81.286
83.069
99.169
105.335
136.725
166.702
179.620
197.996
200.177
225.903
251.225
23.727
24.227
25.841
28.186
27.395
30.463
38.529
TABLE 13 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY LAND BY NATIONALITY. 1999-2008 COUNTRY / ZONE TOTAL NORTHERN AMERICA
Canada United States Mexico CENTRAL AMERICA
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama CARIBBEAN SOUTHERN AMERICA EUROPE OTHER AREAS*
Year 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2007
2008
285.118
266.309
307.831
308.696
298.795
355.350
618.013
661.299
19.153 3.599 14.101 1.453
21.631 3.489 16.667 1.475
21.631 3.489 16.667 1.475
22.293 3.722 16.914 1.657
24.601 3.798 18.488 2.315
34.037 6.192 25.434 2.411
44.512 7.642 33.977 2.893
45.349 8.145 34.048 3.156
53.345 9.637 40.020 3.688
44.746 9.017 31.970 3.759
240.090 10.914 15.530
214.613 11.006 16.318
253.537 13.453 20.629
254.573 13.406 18.707
240.058 13.010 18.940
281.977 15.748 22.056
334.750 15.297 25.957
394.065 17.267 29.036
16.148 182.448 45.577
17.729 221.233 54.347
19.575 270.490 57.697
502.545 18.539 29.510 253 22.658 367.079 64.506
563.685 15.688 28.095 295 18.842 445.151 55.614
18.271 157.573 37.802
14.908 132.362 40.019
17.905 162.390 39.160
16.222 165.595 40.643
15.531 153.332 39.098
389
672
541
521
414
539
584
601
814
615
6.579
7.749
8.485
6.763
7.072
6.698
6.942
7.708
9.532
8.661
15.773
17.916
20.023
20.689
22.811
27.486
33.984
33.110
44.844
37.234
3.134
3.728
3.614
3.857
3.839
4.613
5.801
6.048
6.933
6.358
*/ Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa and "Non indicated"
2005
2006
426.573
486.881
TABLE 14 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY SEA BY NATIONALITY. 1999-2008 COUNTRY / ZONE
Year 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
8.937
6.430
TOTAL
9.951
23.449
11.553
6.115
12.192
9.686
NORTHERN AMERICA
7.737 228 7.327 182
20.931 1.931 18.715 285
9.966 1.225 8.651 90
5.012 398 4.543 71
5.363 532 4.677 154
6.823 451 6.199 173
6.941 376 6.411 154
306 17 16
176 14 28
207 19 39
100 5 12
2.841 102 258
903 99 50
71 80 122
28 51 55
42 36 71
11 22 50
145 1.522 813
31
54
47
11
470
255
211
1.025
1.598
382
435
Canada United States Mexico CENTRAL AMERICA
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama CARIBBEAN SOUTHERN AMERICA EUROPE OTHER AREAS*
2007
2008
4.781
3.841
4.199 214 3.907 78
3.456 145 3.254 57
2.313 177 2.093 43
175 14 12
308 8 17
40 109 605
28 38 83
5 35 243
116 11 3 0 3 14 85
118 4 5 0 2 20 87
55
22
211
10
45
14
140
651
205
166
129
69
115
901
576
2.586
1.116
909
1.394
884
920
221
276
696
617
535
390
211
361
*/ Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa and "Non indicated"
TABLE 15 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
1.031.585
1.088.075
1.131.406
1.113.359
1.238.692
1.452.926
1.679.051
1.725.261
1.979.789
2.089.174
January
117.108
115.990
132.715
123.633
120.901
154.568
177.638
193.340
196.510
222.723
February
98.694
106.290
114.217
106.335
109.388
147.106
154.009
163.468
171.808
203.772
102.553
107.929
114.640
110.395
109.882
144.978
174.352
170.475
177.797
221.551
April
81.663
87.931
94.441
92.295
97.347
113.713
130.623
146.266
163.172
167.000
May
69.663
75.436
74.318
77.520
83.953
92.672
121.946
122.781
144.565
150.525
June
76.924
77.011
88.357
84.255
95.476
106.253
138.460
134.350
164.299
176.648
July
92.211
91.906
105.089
95.141
150.014
130.342
163.177
153.648
193.360
198.672
August
80.765
78.326
87.774
86.184
101.049
114.790
134.417
131.250
153.967
168.885
September
59.367
65.258
58.341
63.624
69.649
80.307
97.083
98.236
118.906
117.348
October
66.001
68.832
67.205
71.783
79.258
97.013
103.698
106.407
130.558
124.965
November
81.174
93.995
87.320
88.309
97.661
117.962
120.813
135.695
167.770
153.539
December
105.462
119.171
106.989
113.885
124.114
153.222
162.835
169.345
197.077
183.546
March
TABLE 16 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM UNITED STATES BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
392.556
429.725
429.093
422.215
510.751
633.640
758.134
731.236
790.315
807.162
January
39.652
39.646
45.355
39.551
42.786
54.340
66.095
72.761
69.209
75.469
February
38.678
44.255
46.527
42.198
44.760
62.019
71.945
72.561
71.420
79.748
March
44.290
50.494
54.490
46.650
50.106
72.622
90.193
86.052
83.719
98.821
April
33.578
36.401
37.980
34.547
40.368
52.249
63.650
63.199
65.713
70.171
May
27.941
30.533
30.572
31.615
35.744
44.350
60.659
55.581
61.873
62.685
June
35.277
38.164
40.358
40.341
46.203
56.985
75.428
70.383
80.881
82.660
July
37.854
38.412
41.088
39.394
74.401
62.644
80.576
68.418
81.924
82.233
August
29.041
28.980
30.568
32.413
39.308
49.645
57.000
52.492
59.526
63.243
September
17.600
17.557
14.562
19.048
20.919
29.197
34.519
31.389
35.043
31.085
October
20.641
22.540
18.874
22.353
25.805
34.091
38.096
34.813
39.748
37.756
November
29.440
36.085
29.614
30.784
37.403
48.537
50.541
50.610
61.709
51.021
December
38.564
46.658
39.105
43.321
52.948
66.961
69.432
72.977
79.550
72.270
TOTAL
TABLE 17 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM CANADA BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
45.565
52.696
52.661
49.168
54.656
74.212
86.906
88.304
102.061
109.854
January
7.583
7.515
9.957
7.192
8.869
11.761
14.740
14.663
16.337
17.556
February
7.981
8.356
9.544
6.868
8.768
13.404
14.261
13.930
14.690
17.367
March
7.113
7.644
8.836
6.705
7.499
12.259
13.224
13.027
13.744
17.102
April
2.956
3.350
3.178
3.960
3.618
4.887
7.184
6.385
8.074
9.094
May
1.661
1.969
2.014
2.662
2.621
2.838
3.973
4.659
5.477
6.024
June
1.423
1.473
1.802
2.142
1.753
2.183
3.017
3.067
3.711
4.388
July
1.997
2.141
2.288
2.323
3.352
2.860
4.192
4.456
5.454
5.619
August
1.694
1.776
1.916
2.044
2.029
2.951
3.455
3.713
4.085
4.846
September
1.253
1.325
1.091
1.433
1.464
1.795
2.090
2.340
2.800
2.525
October
1.815
2.264
1.581
1.896
1.951
2.797
3.111
3.290
3.595
2.916
November
3.634
5.507
3.919
4.045
3.529
5.719
6.003
6.477
8.602
7.629
December
6.455
9.376
6.535
7.898
9.203
10.758
11.656
12.297
15.492
14.788
TABLE 18 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM GERMANY BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
24.622
26.475
23.995
23.848
29.151
34.154
38.523
37.847
40.285
44.705
January
2.684
3.637
3.184
2.596
2.728
3.507
3.845
4.185
4.361
3.732
February
2.564
3.361
3.312
2.606
2.940
4.105
4.356
4.157
4.580
5.458
March
2.681
3.015
2.366
2.472
2.888
3.879
4.160
4.274
4.929
4.686
April
1.610
2.041
1.647
1.725
2.297
2.364
2.888
2.924
3.236
3.042
May
1.290
1.250
1.123
1.221
1.406
1.545
2.084
1.788
667
2.381
June
1.205
1.085
1.199
1.202
1.196
1.312
1.813
1.650
2.053
2.124
July
1.638
1.753
1.811
1.603
2.482
2.605
3.156
2.867
3.169
3.448
August
1.579
1.537
1.524
1.539
2.025
2.732
2.990
2.782
3.104
3.124
September
1.408
1.381
1.259
1.442
1.591
1.896
2.360
2.165
2.289
2.480
October
1.858
1.461
1.567
1.750
2.019
2.706
2.918
2.713
2.945
3.305
November
3.165
2.644
2.508
2.767
3.806
3.758
4.068
4.444
4.533
6.407
December
2.940
3.310
2.495
2.925
3.773
3.745
3.885
3.898
4.419
4.518
TABLE 19 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM SPAIN BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
27.031
26.877
26.916
29.874
34.442
42.381
49.218
50.225
59.089
54.029
January
1.735
1.637
1.673
1.550
1.795
2.031
2.626
2.986
2.549
3.031
February
1.960
1.647
1.709
1.788
1.862
2.344
2.822
2.905
2.711
3.145
March
2.152
1.696
1.716
2.245
1.930
2.362
3.377
3.339
3.316
3.648
April
1.853
1.913
1.824
2.078
2.570
2.343
2.736
3.651
3.342
3.351
May
1.676
1.830
1.691
1.724
2.268
2.042
3.042
3.727
3.519
3.321
June
1.581
1.858
1.829
2.369
2.336
2.791
3.601
3.469
3.573
4.298
July
2.785
2.957
3.055
3.110
4.263
4.749
5.614
5.631
8.647
6.937
August
4.035
3.743
4.285
4.644
6.012
7.925
8.671
8.368
10.574
9.475
September
2.581
2.720
2.561
2.849
3.636
3.949
4.988
4.242
6.101
4.726
October
2.427
2.659
2.540
2.717
2.916
3.869
4.418
4.343
5.277
4.682
November
2.544
2.502
2.415
2.898
2.799
4.151
3.435
4.007
5.509
4.467
December
1.702
1.715
1.618
1.902
2.055
3.825
3.888
3.557
3.971
2.948
TABLE 20 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM ITALY BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
17.215
16.736
16.479
15.985
18.361
19.483
20.726
19.175
20.251
18.994
January
2.196
2.335
2.391
1.928
2.429
2.599
2.763
2.555
2.413
2.388
February
1.650
1.895
1.929
1.604
2.023
2.646
2.438
2.059
1.840
1.847
March
1.370
1.419
1.375
1.166
1.392
1.827
1.886
1.787
1.691
1.650
April
1.003
982
998
1.087
1.194
1.118
1.372
1.285
1.537
1.462
May
804
852
777
744
825
794
1.039
953
1.161
1.195
June
921
927
987
862
911
946
1.134
1.077
1.257
1.151
July
1.280
1.268
1.370
1.241
1.476
1.408
1.632
1.341
1.700
1.531
August
2.189
1.870
2.211
2.099
2.356
2.196
2.509
2.099
2.111
1.943
869
837
764
848
849
921
1.030
949
1.073
1.012
October
1.184
1.169
852
1.047
1.009
1.133
1.312
1.192
1.276
960
November
1.591
1.260
1.204
1.329
1.483
1.535
1.258
1.624
1.812
1.466
December
2.158
1.922
1.621
2.030
2.414
2.360
2.353
2.254
2.380
2.389
September
TABLE 21 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM NETHERLANDS BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
15.612
18.994
18.119
19.938
24.665
21.905
24.173
24.303
28.014
30.615
January
1.305
1.709
1.800
1.584
1.788
2.195
2.180
2.166
2.201
2.248
February
1.100
1.630
1.690
1.462
1.766
2.216
2.051
2.105
2.168
2.681
March
1.086
1.512
1.517
1.310
1.749
1.813
1.702
1.888
2.125
2.050
April
1.155
1.460
1.107
1.307
1.728
1.728
1.617
1.591
1.837
2.416
May
1.080
1.009
1.012
1.107
1.430
1.074
1.465
1.308
1.504
1.779
859
1.192
1.164
1.307
1.713
1.118
1.642
1.377
1.673
1.964
July
1.760
2.021
2.166
2.351
3.988
2.489
3.311
3.491
4.559
4.719
August
1.341
1.531
1.379
1.762
2.120
1.805
2.037
2.289
2.336
2.402
September
1.480
1.509
1.544
1.608
2.094
1.843
1.998
1.986
2.238
2.104
October
1.451
1.721
1.268
1.630
1.982
1.709
2.280
1.724
2.036
2.468
November
1.642
1.796
1.673
2.117
2.090
1.914
1.802
2.184
2.677
3.144
December
1.353
1.904
1.799
2.393
2.217
2.001
2.088
2.194
2.660
2.640
June
TABLE 22 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM UNITED KINGDOM BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
17.215
18.256
18.922
19.037
23.019
24.158
26.917
27.890
37.580
40.250
January
1.793
1.824
1.894
1.763
1.989
2.416
2.540
3.613
2.734
2.924
February
1.907
2.119
2.496
2.055
2.437
3.154
2.801
3.500
3.262
3.389
March
1.784
1.750
1.874
1.995
2.027
2.444
2.739
3.010
3.287
3.924
April
1.524
1.591
1.548
1.534
1.945
2.073
2.098
2.248
2.658
2.709
May
1.097
915
1.096
1.136
1.305
1.293
1.862
1.710
3.142
3.436
908
931
1.176
1.023
1.420
1.245
1.744
1.484
2.848
3.276
July
1.294
1.441
1.582
1.748
3.049
2.228
2.562
2.436
4.413
4.518
August
1.313
1.214
1.273
1.339
1.656
1.839
2.144
1.861
3.512
4.202
943
943
894
1.067
1.186
1.130
1.494
1.378
2.910
2.783
October
1.032
1.106
1.089
1.194
1.275
1.336
1.798
1.589
2.808
2.141
November
1.612
2.141
1.877
1.999
2.236
2.398
2.321
2.406
2.946
3.831
December
2.008
2.281
2.123
2.184
2.494
2.602
2.814
2.655
3.060
3.117
June
September
TABLE 23 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM FRANCE BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
11.531
12.797
15.558
18.309
23.606
23.467
24.365
24.392
25.939
34.622
January
1.171
1.299
1.665
1.657
1.925
2.896
2.728
2.568
3.047
3.150
February
1.252
1.450
1.789
1.941
2.812
3.225
3.228
3.308
3.535
4.482
March
1.100
1.188
1.511
1.793
2.546
2.629
2.245
2.696
2.875
3.589
April
1.066
1.034
1.613
1.758
2.527
2.082
2.697
2.365
2.360
3.002
May
609
727
941
1.147
1.658
1.222
1.188
1.039
1.344
1.702
June
629
669
685
847
1.006
855
1.042
1.020
1.276
1.666
1.127
1.294
1.477
1.537
2.705
2.181
2.492
2.394
2.446
3.407
August
950
1.066
1.300
1.475
1.950
2.124
2.008
2.126
1.980
3.402
September
646
589
627
908
964
814
902
893
1.017
1.342
October
723
799
913
1.291
1.248
1.351
1.447
1.329
1.365
1.894
November
1.142
1.268
1.491
2.019
2.192
2.003
2.132
2.601
2.224
3.950
December
1.116
1.414
1.546
1.936
2.073
2.085
2.256
2.053
2.470
3.036
July
TABLE 24 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM SWITZERLAND BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
8.538
9.149
10.061
9.898
10.893
11.604
12.730
13.144
13.358
12.958
January
933
975
1.122
1.120
1.133
1.248
1.334
1.479
1.308
1.531
February
864
895
1.213
1.112
1.020
1.188
1.289
1.310
1.364
1.105
March
844
864
923
962
1.091
1.050
1.085
1.234
1.357
1.243
April
652
748
813
725
867
997
1.148
1.138
1.191
1.119
May
514
514
527
632
568
652
703
642
720
793
June
425
493
491
564
551
540
646
528
697
698
July
780
812
861
972
1.111
1.052
1.205
1.427
1.497
1.332
August
406
510
535
579
558
597
696
686
667
762
September
614
567
557
542
628
727
786
798
682
576
October
646
825
705
621
722
884
1.100
913
873
899
November
858
842
1.030
933
1.223
1.226
1.343
1.421
1.410
1.445
December
1.002
1.104
1.284
1.136
1.421
1.443
1.395
1.568
1.592
1.455
TABLE 25 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM COLOMBIA BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
26.704
40.458
47.547
35.220
26.645
26.786
27.130
27.706
31.299
33.644
January
2.567
3.477
4.816
5.229
2.870
3.400
2.913
3.291
3.291
3.699
February
1.544
2.254
3.246
3.630
1.937
2.258
2.045
2.168
2.127
2.867
March
2.191
2.503
3.591
5.521
2.125
2.086
2.299
2.087
2.412
3.080
April
1.755
3.247
3.885
3.369
2.315
2.209
1.996
2.306
2.295
2.676
May
1.776
2.970
3.623
1.910
1.961
1.864
2.208
2.226
2.414
2.589
June
2.219
3.763
4.365
2.293
1.881
2.180
2.374
2.020
2.717
2.774
July
2.526
3.998
4.966
2.890
2.895
2.430
2.689
2.516
3.084
3.078
August
2.740
3.796
3.995
2.079
2.487
2.123
2.280
2.262
2.305
2.681
September
2.217
2.965
3.449
2.078
2.061
1.897
2.027
2.138
2.372
2.543
October
2.437
3.573
3.362
2.072
1.823
1.908
1.968
2.095
2.541
2.591
November
2.151
3.362
3.512
1.880
1.927
1.999
1.948
2.141
2.832
2.330
December
2.581
4.550
4.737
2.269
2.363
2.432
2.383
2.456
2.909
2.736
TABLE 26 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM ARGENTINA BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
10.805
15.823
16.098
12.123
13.804
14.887
15.622
16.805
18.505
19.522
January
2.432
2.981
3.392
1.724
1.144
1.677
1.704
2.325
2.327
2684
February
1.371
1.772
2.198
1.130
1.087
1.608
1.423
1.911
1.899
1.914
March
923
1.481
1.491
881
1.215
1.434
1.155
1.606
1.756
1.973
April
721
1.083
1.067
965
1.112
1.129
1.244
1.213
1.394
1.454
May
550
849
1.152
862
1.025
1.070
1.300
1.354
1.714
1.606
June
578
882
980
835
1.019
966
1.188
1.007
1.169
1.278
July
797
1.135
1.134
970
1.736
1.265
1.614
1.371
1.499
1.616
August
596
939
990
895
1.091
1.128
1.112
1.164
1.202
1.426
September
556
847
758
924
945
1.075
1.051
965
1.204
1.334
October
603
1.024
819
1.023
1.094
1.147
1.225
1.243
1.364
1.244
November
685
1.076
979
966
1.186
1.278
1.255
1.357
1.414
1.231
December
993
1.754
1.138
948
1.150
1.110
1.351
1.289
1.563
1.762
TABLE 27 NORTHERN AMERICA: MONTHLY SERIES OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
469.996
515.853
518.565
509.253
611.520
754.982
895.370
875.959
953.812
976.561
January
49.706
49.762
57.997
49.795
54.181
69.736
83.990
91.456
89.312
97.214
February
48.806
55.176
58.447
51.557
56.019
79.007
89.978
89.840
89.984
100.994
March
54.130
60.630
66.170
56.984
60.237
88.688
108.356
103.615
100.537
122.008
April
38.912
42.444
44.333
41.540
48.497
61.538
74.199
74.943
79.631
83.689
May
31.951
34.932
35.204
37.590
42.319
50.390
68.401
64.645
73.242
73.884
June
39.070
41.788
44.803
45.254
51.981
62.529
82.421
77.286
89.875
91.740
July
43.069
44.199
47.086
45.771
83.377
71.131
91.741
79.315
95.087
96.093
August
33.723
33.807
35.553
37.514
45.116
56.506
64.869
60.987
68.972
73.227
September
21.284
21.540
18.140
23.433
25.860
34.284
40.049
37.738
41.996
38.256
October
25.137
27.380
24.580
26.969
31.492
40.628
44.528
42.942
47.892
44.711
November
35.946
44.156
36.592
37.843
44.845
57.695
60.244
61.649
75.100
62.923
December
48.262
60.039
49.660
55.003
67.596
82.850
86.594
91.543
102.184
91.822
TOTAL
TABLE 28 CENTRAL AMERICA: MONTHLY SERIES OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
310.661
286.466
320.277
320.615
312.936
359.979
415.464
478.147
592.840
648.586
January
42.070
37.307
42.505
45.385
39.355
51.983
59.340
62.913
70.086
81.529
February
27.595
25.211
26.973
28.863
26.207
33.585
30.370
37.722
44.282
60.251
March
26.133
23.370
23.426
25.803
23.820
26.105
34.471
33.211
40.019
57.955
April
24.246
23.739
27.689
27.279
23.233
26.831
28.459
41.745
51.466
48.892
May
21.677
22.551
19.553
22.226
21.463
22.930
29.110
33.577
42.392
45.296
June
22.024
16.855
23.107
20.922
23.951
24.005
31.592
35.384
46.051
53.875
July
27.244
22.544
30.384
24.492
30.784
27.860
34.679
40.243
52.866
56.619
August
23.651
19.635
25.924
24.348
25.888
25.749
34.089
36.367
44.536
52.374
September
20.118
23.632
20.864
20.355
22.050
23.501
30.684
35.747
45.266
48.540
October
21.340
19.630
23.182
24.336
25.601
31.059
30.263
36.699
49.936
46.194
November
22.036
23.555
26.439
25.235
24.488
29.348
30.752
40.419
52.233
46.120
December
32.527
28.437
30.231
31.371
26.096
37.023
41.655
44.120
53.707
50.941
TOTAL
TABLE 29 EUROPE: MONTHLY SERIES OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
141.331
151.393
150.796
157.990
192.099
208.222
232.889
234.681
271.631
289.379
January
13.803
15.592
16.200
14.132
16.349
20.015
21.885
24.034
22.996
24.498
February
13.213
15.609
16.814
14.509
17.496
22.503
23.008
23.613
25.252
27.719
March
13.114
13.333
13.314
14.167
15.887
19.200
20.547
21.979
24.226
26.015
April
10.318
11.447
11.011
12.055
15.587
14.920
17.131
18.216
19.531
20.713
May
8.224
8.206
8.507
8.891
10.972
10.253
13.493
13.373
14.830
17.601
June
7.833
8.355
8.881
9.509
10.979
10.301
13.846
12.506
15.980
18.178
July
12.369
13.197
14.128
14.071
22.364
19.240
23.031
22.623
30.699
30.483
August
13.120
12.687
13.808
14.740
18.578
21.447
23.730
22.747
27.394
28.578
9.592
9.667
9.290
10.466
12.433
12.766
15.563
14.411
18.652
17.326
October
10.761
11.055
10.307
11.783
13.042
15.164
18.078
16.170
19.614
20.404
November
14.458
15.069
14.048
16.430
18.639
20.436
19.671
22.508
25.937
31.324
December
14.526
17.176
14.488
17.237
19.773
21.977
22.906
22.501
26.520
26.540
TOTAL
September
TABLE 30 CARIBBEAN: MONTHLY SERIES OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
9.327
9.450
9.298
8.836
9.639
11.696
12.412
11.935
15.129
15.289
January
922
1.045
948
946
864
978
1.022
1.205
1.057
1.273
February
762
848
629
718
726
876
763
967
813
1.141
March
752
790
823
701
732
901
1.085
1.077
1.016
1.582
April
843
804
890
887
779
849
953
1.199
1.079
1.173
May
809
765
752
704
721
796
1.099
975
1.419
1.296
June
637
716
867
665
782
1.085
1.107
936
1.339
1.213
July
900
929
911
893
992
1.565
1.383
1.131
1.596
1.686
August
972
848
814
691
1.053
1.209
1.159
916
1.564
1.508
September
655
752
646
715
681
758
1.065
949
1.515
1.218
October
699
615
593
608
738
895
899
932
1.257
1.071
November
655
738
753
692
772
885
949
880
1.341
1.117
December
721
600
672
616
799
899
928
768
1.133
1.011
TABLE 31 SOUTHERN AMERICA: MONTHLY SERIES OF TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
73.340
95.612
103.917
88.805
83.736
87.127
88.394
90.906
108.770
114.111
January
8.399
9.989
12.321
10.972
7.700
9.204
8.467
10.347
9.933
11.456
February
6.104
7.210
9.003
8.548
6.672
8.132
7.150
8.350
8.417
9.544
March
5.868
7.168
8.198
10.004
6.862
7.267
7.063
7.504
8.678
10.275
April
5.119
7.142
8.249
8.259
6.866
7.008
6.726
7.023
8.279
9.036
May
4.935
6.742
8.050
5.982
6.453
6.266
7.300
7.593
9.506
9.284
June
5.384
7.323
8.420
5.990
6.004
6.302
7.062
6.055
8.312
9.001
July
6.324
8.647
9.849
7.513
9.292
7.984
9.340
7.890
10.199
10.530
August
6.761
8.590
8.996
6.474
7.621
7.209
7.617
7.492
8.360
9.828
September
5.453
7.487
7.176
6.408
6.524
6.748
6.764
6.834
8.439
9.069
October
6.083
7.976
6.834
6.134
6.287
6.790
6.848
7.296
9.123
8.657
November
5.692
7.698
7.471
5.991
6.550
7.129
6.671
7.330
9.907
8.134
December
7.218
9.640
9.350
6.530
6.905
7.088
7.386
7.192
9.617
9.297
TABLE 32 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY AIR BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
734.158
800.795
812.022
798.548
927.705
1.087.890
1.243.541
1.231.950
1.356.995
1.424.034
January
69.075
76.448
86.496
76.987
81.814
99.389
114.526
123.983
122.602
139.249
February
70.223
79.005
84.536
76.976
82.185
108.343
120.124
121.083
123.666
141.308
March
76.603
82.891
90.860
83.815
82.559
116.022
138.536
133.491
133.101
162.089
April
58.203
63.868
67.282
65.957
73.725
86.198
101.390
103.079
108.325
117.607
May
51.224
55.729
57.358
56.590
64.761
71.185
92.761
90.474
101.896
104.271
June
57.152
63.384
66.525
64.784
71.520
83.657
107.417
98.953
117.507
122.694
July
66.745
71.144
74.739
72.038
118.630
102.094
125.241
112.388
136.248
139.086
August
60.422
61.507
61.885
62.051
73.894
88.053
96.781
93.879
104.608
115.090
September
41.589
43.777
38.979
45.713
50.358
57.884
66.290
63.548
73.387
69.795
October
47.047
50.115
46.095
49.627
55.018
70.882
72.164
71.741
80.945
77.354
November
61.208
67.334
60.923
63.015
74.311
89.198
90.063
95.729
115.112
105.343
December
74.667
85.593
76.344
80.995
98.930
114.985
118.248
123.602
139.598
130.148
TOTAL
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
TABLE 33 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY LAND BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
287.476
263.831
307.831
308.696
298.795
355.350
426.573
486.981
618.013
661.299
January
45.370
36.776
43.294
45.561
38.039
53.401
61.641
66.786
73.158
83.091
February
26.336
25.067
26.570
28.760
25.555
36.047
31.674
41.519
47.564
62.053
March
23.739
22.284
22.292
25.918
24.746
28.118
34.948
36.138
44.348
58.645
April
22.196
22.415
27.019
26.045
20.675
27.091
28.258
43.000
54.457
48.835
May
18.321
19.569
16.770
20.717
18.941
21.207
28.881
32.134
42.393
45.975
June
19.703
13.194
21.632
19.374
22.394
22.340
30.834
35.245
46.465
53.832
July
25.390
20.548
30.162
22.898
30.972
27.838
37.527
41.029
56.633
59.450
August
20.231
16.280
25.723
23.776
26.647
26.434
37.118
37.046
48.930
53.625
September
17.636
21.322
19.224
17.816
19.100
22.383
30.610
34.554
45.218
47.444
October
18.721
16.794
20.964
22.102
23.863
25.841
31.183
34.464
49.427
47.234
November
19.671
21.442
24.311
24.376
23.101
27.442
30.203
39.575
52.305
47.866
December
30.162
28.140
29.870
31.353
24.762
37.208
43.696
45.491
57.115
53.249
TOTAL
TABLE 34 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY SEA BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
MONTH 1999 TOTAL
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
9.951
23.449
11.553
6.115
12.192
9.686
8.937
6.430
4.781
3.841
January
2.663
2.766
2.925
1.085
1.048
1.778
1.471
2.571
750
383
February
2.135
2.218
3.111
599
1.648
2.716
2.211
866
578
411
March
2.211
2.754
1.488
662
2.577
838
868
846
348
817
April
1.264
1.648
140
293
2.947
424
975
187
390
558
May
118
138
190
213
251
280
304
173
276
279
June
69
433
200
97
1.562
256
209
152
327
122
July
76
214
188
205
412
410
409
231
479
136
August
112
539
166
357
508
303
518
325
429
170
September
142
159
138
95
191
40
183
134
301
109
October
233
1.923
146
54
377
290
351
202
186
377
November
295
5.219
2.086
918
249
1.322
547
391
353
330
December
633
5.438
775
1.537
422
1.029
891
352
364
149
TABLE 35 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY PORT OF ENTRANCE (% DISTRIBUTION). 1999-2008 Year
1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
BY AIR 71,2 73,6 71,8 71,7 74,9 74,9 74,1 71,4 68,5 68,2
PORT OF ENTRANCE BY LAND BY SEA 27,9 24,2 27,2 27,7 24,1 24,5 25,1 28,2 31,2 31,7
0,9 2,2 1,0 0,6 1,0 0,7 0,8 0,4 0,2 0,2
TOTAL
100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0 100,0
TABLE 36 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM UNITED STATES BY PORT OF ENTRANCE. 1999-2008
Year
PORT OF ENTRANCE BY AIR BY LAND Tourists % Change Tourists % Change
BY SEA Tourists % Change
TOTAL Tourists
% Change
1999
368.644
12,0
16.585
26,4
7.327
38,9
392.556
13,0
2000
396.909
7,7
14.101
-15,0
18.715
155,4
429.725
9,5
2001
403.775
1,7
16.667
18,2
8.651
-53,8
429.093
-0,1
2002
400.758
-0,7
16.914
1,5
4.543
-47,5
422.215
-1,6
2003
487.586
21,7
18.488
9,3
4.677
2,9
510.751
21,0
2004
602.008
23,5
25.434
37,6
6.199
32,5
633.640
24,1
2005
717.746
19,2
33.977
33,6
6.411
3,4
758.134
19,6
2006
693.281
-3,4
34.048
0,2
3.907
-39,1
731.236
-3,5
2007
747.041
7,8
40.020
17,5
3.254
-16,7
790.315
8,1
2008
773.099
3,5
31.970
-20,1
2.093
-35,7
807.162
2,1
TABLE 37 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM UNITED STATES BY PORT OF ENTRANCE (% DISTRIBUTION). 1999-2008 Year
PORT OF ENTRANCE BY AIR BY LAND BY SEA
TOTAL
1999
93,9
4,2
1,9
100,0
2000
92,4
3,3
4,4
100,0
2001
94,1
3,9
2,0
100,0
2002
94,9
4,0
1,1
100,0
2003
95,5
3,6
0,9
100,0
2004
95,0
4,0
1,0
100,0
2005
94,7
4,5
0,8
100,0
2006
94,8
4,7
0,5
100,0
2007
94,5
5,1
0,4
100,0
2008
95,8
4,0
0,3
100,0
TABLE 38 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA BY PORT OF ENTRANCE. 1999-2008
Year
PORT OF ENTRANCE BY AIR BY LAND Tourists % Change Tourists % Change
BY SEA Tourists % Change
TOTAL Tourists
% Change
1999
70.262
4,6
240.093
6,1
306
12,9
310.661
5,7
2000
71.677
2,0
214.613
-10,6
176
-42,5
286.466
-7,8
2001
66.533
-7,2
253.537
18,1
207
17,6
320.277
11,8
2002
65.942
-0,9
254.573
0,4
100
-51,7
320.615
0,1
2003
70.037
6,2
240.058
-5,7
2.841
2741,0
312.936
-2,4
2004
76.948
9,9
282.128
17,5
903
-68,2
359.979
15,0
2005
80.539
4,7
334.750
18,7
175
-80,6
415.464
15,4
2006
83.574
3,8
394.265
17,8
308
76,0
478.147
15,1
2007
90.179
7,9
502.545
27,5
116
-62,3
592.840
24,0
2008
84.783
-6,0
563.685
12,2
118
1,7
648.586
9,4
TABLE 39 TOURIST ARRIVALS FROM CENTRAL AMERICA BY PORT OF ENTRANCE (% DISTRIBUTION). 1999-2008 Year
PORT OF ENTRANCE BY AIR BY LAND BY SEA
TOTAL
1999
22,6
77,3
0,1
100,0
2000
25,0
74,9
0,1
100,0
2001
20,8
79,2
0,1
100,0
2002
20,6
79,4
0,0
100,0
2003
22,4
76,7
0,9
100,0
2004
21,4
78,4
0,3
100,0
2005
19,4
80,6
0,0
100,0
2006
17,5
82,5
0,1
100,0
2007
15,2
84,8
0,0
100,0
2008
13,1
86,9
0,0
100,0
TABLE 40 OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS BY MONTH AND DESTINATION. 2008 COUNTRY / ZONE
Month January
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November December
Jan.-Dec.
TOTAL
38.118
38.621
45.571
42.848
45.704
42.595
42.595
34.275
44.624
42.989
42.881
58.319
519.140
NORTHERN AMERICA
11.945
14.503
18.120
16.827
16.780
19.188
19.188
12.415
17.590
16.455
17.793
20.364
201.168
169 9.932 1.844
115 10.984 3.404
75 13.821 4.224
84 12.928 3.815
129 13.009 3.642
142 14.940 4.106
142 14.940 4.106
183 10.121 2.111
91 14.695 2.804
66 13.959 2.430
59 14.436 3.298
116 17.041 3.207
1.371 160.806 38.991
CENTRAL AMERICA
22.243
19.681
21.454
20.383
21.571
13.876
13.876
16.229
19.257
19.280
17.756
30.902
236.508
Belice Guatemala El Salvador Honduras Nicaragua Panamá
1.007 642 17 416 10.176 9.985
2.869 1.733 57 915 6.810 7.297
2.772 1.816 36 980 9.529 6.321
2.417 2.063 51 977 6.251 8.624
2.668 1.997 62 1.045 7.661 8.138
2.654 2.367 46 895 974 6.940
2.654 2.367 46 895 974 6.940
1.815 1.122 21 695 5.689 6.887
2.576 2.016 72 1.275 5.674 7.644
2.609 1.789 42 853 4.787 9.200
2.801 1.936 58 1.049 3.279 8.633
2.085 1.257 30 964 10.851 15.715
28.927 21.105 538 10.959 72.655 102.324
CARIBBEAN
938
1.187
1.619
1.410
1.429
1.500
1.500
1.183
1.151
926
994
955
14.792
Cuba Dominican Republic Jamaica Trinidad y Tobago Others
328 289 13 10 298
718 464
1000 578
864 542
878 543
762 701 1
762 701 1
626 523
424 491
404 586
456 499
1 4
41
4
1 7
36
36
543 500 20 14 106
1 1
11
4
7.765 6.417 35 27 548
1.806
2.607
3.339
2.943
3.314
3.177
3.177
3.266
3.206
3.445
3.902
3.350
37.532
Argentina Bolivia Brazil Chile Colombia Ecuador Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela
165 13 146 158 786 146 3 241 25 123
78 18 79 108 1.138 318
129 37 83 86 1.373 312 2 492 29 400
167 39 132 100 1.499 344 1 579 29 424
145 29 125 84 1.504 345 1 515 12 417
145 29 125 84 1.504 345 1 515 12 417
179 29 261 165 1.451 362 7 420 30 362
214 28 150 145 1.351 351 1 598 37 331
298 36 177 142 1.322 458 7 533 37 435
249 39 153 158 1.376 712
365 20 483
158 48 98 109 1.471 392 1 609 32 421
730 19 466
229 29 113 160 1.316 476 8 620 43 356
2.156 374 1.642 1.499 16.091 4.561 32 6.217 325 4.635
EUROPE
687
561
918
1.103
1.805
1.262
1.262
788
1.575
1.148
500
715
12.324
Germany Austria Belgium Denmark Spain Finland France Netherlands Ireland Italy Norway Poland Portugal United Kingdom Czech Republic Russia Sweden Switzerland Other
68 17 15 5 309 2 49 45 8 39 8
128 2 18 1 255
126 3 8 2 464
116 6 10
264 15 12 5 753
304 28 14
304 28 14
171 4 25
135 11 17
51 3 8
86 1 12
391
391
303
141 17 4 140
216 20
49 6
4 15
1 52
3 24 7
4 1 31 4
2 21 24 2 17 49 20
129 6 1 4 25 2 4 2 56 60
129 6 1 4 25 2 4 2 56 60
111 15 1 238 1 2 20 15 5
340 1 90 26 3 94 1
6 40 10 3 4 54 5
255 16 6 186 4 4 13 182 5 1 6 56 22
216 20
52 1
119 8 1 93 1
798 4 193 10 1 210 1
515
48 3
133 10 15 15 250 3 88 43 13 55 7 1 3 56 2 4 18 47 25
54 34
42 20
12 6
35 5
1.886 128 168 28 5.303 10 1.575 229 37 1.405 36 9 79 498 68 31 50 516 268
ASIA-MIDDLE EAST
109
59
107
170
160
95
95
96
141
216
114
47
1.409
China Taiwan Korea (South y North) Israel Japan Others
22 4 1 14 13 55
11 22 4 4 3 15
29 34 2 15 6 21
17 60
17 20 2 35 2 19
17 20 2 35 2 19
34 4
48 12 33
17 24 6 19 4 90
20 8 30
6 31 1 34 4 65
8 31 4 19 13 141
1 11 4 68 13 17
1 21 4 3 2 16
180 282 30 314 82 521
AFRICA
10
11
3
4
12
10
10
4
5
6
31
1
107
3
12
6
3
28
2
1
8
63
5
5
266
1.697
1.790
1.977
15.237
Canada United States Mexico
SOUTHERN AMERICA
OTHER COUNTRIES
Non Indicated
377
534
633
3.487
3.487
15 35 17 3
1.513
40
20 1 1
7 12 2
TABLE 41 OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS BY DESTINATION. 2006-2008 2006-2007
Year
AREA / COUNTRY 2006
2007
2008
Change
% Change
2007-2008 Change
% Change
TOTAL
484.585
576.716
519.140
92.131
19,0
-57.576
-10,0
NORTHERN AMERICA
180.278 2.354 151.525 26.399
213.104 2.595 177.982 32.527
201.168 1.371 160.806 38.991
32.826 241 26.457 6.128
18,2 10,2 17,5 23,2
-11.936 -1.224 -17.176 6.464
-5,6 -47,2 -9,7 19,9
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panamá
222.302 22.816 17.355 330 9.211 83.651 88.939
276.672 25.989 17.508 465 10.407 92.401 129.902
236.508 28.927 21.105 538 10.959 72.655 102.324
54.370 3.173 153 135 1.196 8.750 40.963
24,5 13,9 0,9 40,9 13,0 10,5 46,1
-40.164 2.938 3.597 73 552 -19.746 -27.578
-14,5 11,3 20,5 15,7 5,3 -21,4 -21,2
CARIBBEAN
10.167
16.400
14.792
6.233
61,3
-1.608
-9,8
SOUTHERN AMERICA
47.241
46.113
37.532
-1.128
-2,4
-8.581
-18,6
EUROPE
20.291
16.638
12.324
-3.653
-18,0
-4.314
-25,9
4.306
7.789
16.816
3.483
80,9
9.027
115,9
Canada United States Mexico CENTRAL AMERICA
OTHER COUNTRIES*
*Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa and "Non indicated"
TABLE 42 OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS BY MONTH. 1999-2008 Year
Month 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
TOTAL
352.682
381.445
361.391
364.032
372.866
424.635
487.103
484.585
576.716
519.140
January
34.991
38.548
38.306
34.873
35.852
28.131
47.601
48.927
46.799
38.118
February
21.605
25.614
23.738
23.938
24.922
25.696
30.329
30.200
32.800
38.621
March
31.262
27.341
28.307
30.234
25.412
30.010
44.098
35.461
44.515
45.571
April
24.057
32.954
31.893
25.712
29.350
35.149
37.073
43.638
45.939
42.848
May
25.442
30.076
27.484
25.589
27.127
31.075
38.329
37.658
41.382
45.704
June
26.933
29.839
32.348
28.407
27.682
34.632
37.772
36.916
46.117
42.595
July
36.750
38.227
36.114
32.478
38.027
44.490
50.924
43.554
54.007
42.595
August
29.908
28.780
28.532
27.746
29.262
32.807
38.768
34.171
42.747
34.275
September
26.601
31.211
23.960
27.048
29.247
34.183
43.407
37.434
48.006
44.624
October
27.644
31.000
24.677
29.876
30.646
34.763
35.876
38.276
48.806
42.989
November
28.437
31.213
27.890
29.892
30.403
36.047
36.726
38.441
51.800
42.881
December
39.052
36.642
38.142
48.239
44.936
57.652
46.200
59.909
73.798
58.319
TABLE 43 OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS BY DESTINATION. 1999-2008 COUNTRY / ZONE
Year 1999
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
TOTAL
352.682
381.445
361.391
364.032
372.866
424.635
487.102
484.585
576.716
519.140
NORTHERN AMERICA
174.300
179.145
166.130
167.418
171.687
176.756
190.780
180.278
213.104
201.168
Canada United States Mexico
1.034 146.381 26.885
532 152.319 26.294
712 136.316 29.102
794 139.549 27.075
832 142.935 27.920
3.265 146.807 26.684
2.171 160.448 28.161
2.354 151.525 26.399
2.595 177.982 32.527
1.371 160.806 38.991
CENTRAL AMERICA
140.682
150.672
157.350
161.955
165.730
179.665
223.481
222.302
276.672
236.508
Guatemala El Salvador Belice Honduras Nicaragua Panama
18.947 13.311
19.179 17.492
22.425 20.580
22.338 22.071
22.876 22.719
19.281 14.710
21.482 15.679
5.096 57.088 46.240
2.350 56.870 54.781
1.516 56.024 56.805
2.643 54.962 59.941
2.731 56.120 61.284
6.615 79.174 59.885
8.435 95.508 82.377
22.816 17.355 330 9.211 83.651 88.939
25.989 17.508 465 10.407 92.401 129.902
28.927 21.105 538 10.959 72.655 102.324
CARIBBEAN
6.673
4.678
4.123
3.576
3.631
9.298
9.064
10.167
16.400
14.792
20.954
20.562
21.548
25.107
25.694
44.920
47.639
47.241
46.113
37.532
EUROPE
6.283
4.653
3.383
5.218
5.353
11.687
13.728
20.291
16.638
12.324
OTHER COUNTRIES*
3.790
21.735
8.857
758
771
2.309
2.410
4.306
7.789
16.816
SOUTHERN AMERICA
*Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa, "Non indicated" and Belize, as for 2002 and earlier, Belize was located in Other areas
TABLE 44 COSTA RICA: TOURISM INCOMES AND EXPORTS OF MAIN PRODUCTS. 1999-2008 (millions of $U.S.A.)
TOURISM*
SOURCE OF INCOMES COFFEE
BANANA
1999
1036,1
288,7
623,9
2000
1.229,2
272,0
546,6
2001
1.095,5
161,8
505,8
2002
1.078,0
165,1
477,5
2003
1.199,4
193,6
553,1
2004
1.358,5
197,6
543,4
2005
1.570,1
232,7
481,2
2006
1.620,9
225,8
620,3
2007
1.927,4
251,9
673,0
2008
2.144,2
305,0
689,2
Year
*/ Not include information from cruises SOURCE: Macroeconomic Statistics BCCR
TABLE 45 COSTA RICA: TOURISM INCOMES AND EXPORTS OF PRODUCTS. 2001-2008 Year ITEM
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
1.131.406
1.113.359
1.237.948
1.452.926
1.679.051
1.725.261
1.979.789
2.089.174
Traditional exports (millions fo US$)
728,6
689,8
793,9
801,1
769,4
915,1
1.001,7
1.059,3
Coffee (millions of US$)
161,8
165,1
193,6
197,6
232,7
225,8
251,9
305,0
Banana (millions of US$)
505,8
477,5
553,1
543,4
481,2
620,3
673,0
689,2
Pinneapple (millions of US$)
133,8
156,2
198,5
256,2
324,7
432,8
484,9
572,9
81,0
90,1
103,0
110,0
103,2
113,8
120,0
125,7
1.113,4
1.099,2
1.225,6
1.390,3
1.599,0
1.634,7
1.941,5
2.160,6
5.021,4
5.263,5
6.102,2
6.301,5
7.026,4
8.207,3
9.352,7
9.503,7
GDP (millions of US$)
16.403,6
16.844,4
17.517,7
18.595,6
19.961,0
22.528,7
26.267,3
29.834,5
Tourism/GDP ratio (%)
6,8
6,5
7,0
7,5
8,0
7,3
7,4
7,2
22,2
20,9
20,1
22,1
22,8
19,9
20,8
22,7
Tourist arrivals to Costa Rica
Pharmaceuticals (millions of US$)
TOURISM (millions of US$)* Total exports (millions of US$)
Tourism/Exports of goods ratio (%)
*/ Includes information from cruises SOURCE: Macroeconomic Statistics BCCR
TABLE 46 TOURISM INCOMES AND RELATION TOURISM VS. EXPORTING PRODUCTS. 1999-2008 (millions of $U.S.A.)
Ratio:
Year
Exports
Tourism Incomes*
Tourism/exports
1999
6.662,1
1.036,1
15,6
2000
5.848,7
1.229,2
21,0
2001
5.021,0
1.095,5
21,8
2002
5.263,5
1.078,0
20,5
2003
6.101,2
1.199,4
19,7
2004
6.301,7
1.358,5
21,6
2005
7.027,2
1.570,1
22,3
2006
8.199,8
1.620,9
19,8
2007
9.337,0
1.927,4
20,6
2008
9.503,7
2.144,2
22,6
*/ Not include information from cruises SOURCE: Macroeconomic Statistics BCCR
TABLE 47 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS AND OUTBOUND DEPARTURES OF COSTA RICANS. 2000-2008 Year
International Tourist arrivals
Outbound departures
2000
1.088.075
381.445
706.630
285,3
2001
1.131.406
361.391
770.015
313,1
2002
1.113.359
364.032
749.327
305,8
2003
1.238.692
372.866
865.826
332,2
2004
1.452.926
424.635
1.028.291
342,2
2005
1.679.051
487.102
1.191.949
344,7
2006
1.725.261
484.585
1.240.676
356,0
2007
1.979.789
576.716
1.403.073
343,3
2008
2.089.174
519.140
1.570.034
402,4
Difference
Ratio % Arrivals/Departures
TABLE 48 TOURISM INCOMES AND TOURISM EXPENDITURES. 1999-2008 (millions of $U.S.A.)
Difference ($)
Ratio $ Incomes/expendit.
Year
Incomes ($)
Expenditures ($)
1999
1.036,1
445,9
590,2
2,3
2000
1.229,2
482,2
747,0
2,5
2001
1.095,5
361,1
734,4
3,0
2002
1.078,0
343,5
734,5
3,1
2003
1.199,4
351,9
847,5
3,4
2004
1.358,5
404,1
954,4
3,4
2005
1.570,1
468,1
1.102,0
3,4
2006
1.620,9
483,7
1.137,2
3,4
2007
1.927,4
632,0
1.295,4
3,0
2008
2.144,2
680,3
1.463,9
3,2
*/ Not include information from cruises SOURCE: Macroeconomic Statistics BCCR
TABLE 49 NUMBER OF TOURIST DECLARED ENTERPRISES ACCORDING TO KIND AND CONDITION. 2008 ENTERPRISE CONDITION
KIND OF ENTERPRISE
CANCELLED ENTERPRISES*
IN PROJECT
IN OPERATION
TOTAL
155
1.312
1.467
47
Lodging
58
460
518
17
Travel Agencies
46
306
352
0
Rental Car
5
20
25
0
Water Transport
12
26
38
3
Amusement and gastronomy
33
459
492
25
Airlines
0
28
28
2
Thematic Activities
1
13
14
0
Total
*/ Make reference to enterprises "whose declaratoria turística" has been cancelled at december 2008. SOURCE: Gestión y Asesoría Turísitica, ICT
TABLE 50 TOURIST DECLARED ENTERPRISES IN PROJECT AND IN OPERATION BY REGION AND ACCORDING TO KIND. 2008 KIND OF ENTERPRISE REGION
LODGING
TRAVEL AGENCIES
RENT A CAR
WATER TRANSPORT
AMUSEMENT AND GASTRONOMY
AIRLINES
THEMATIC ACTIVITIES
TOTAL
Total
518
352
25
38
492
28
14
1.453
San José
121
265
14
3
268
23
1
695
Alajuela
78
30
9
1
71
5
2
196
Cartago
10
1
0
2
34
0
2
49
Heredia
30
19
1
0
51
0
3
104
Guanacaste
114
11
1
9
32
0
1
168
Puntarenas
137
19
0
22
30
0
1
209
Limón
28
7
0
1
6
0
4
46
SOURCE: Gestión y Asesoría Turísitica, ICT
TABLE 51 TOURIST DECLARED ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY (NUMBER OF ROOMS) AND TOURIST ARRIVALS. 1999-2008
YEAR
ROOMS
% CHANGE
TOURISTS
% CHANGE
1999
13.714
2,2
1.031.585
9,4
2000
14.122
3,0
1.088.075
5,5
2001
14.990
6,1
1.131.406
4,0
2002
15.172
1,2
1.113.359
-1,6
2003
15.611
2,9
1.238.692
11,3
2004
16.003
2,5
1.452.926
17,3
2005
16.696
4,3
1.679.051
15,6
2006
17.139
2,7
1.725.261
2,8
2007
17.258
0,7
1.979.789
14,8
2008
18.948
9,8
2.089.174
5,5
SOURCE: Gestión y Asesoría Turísitica, ICT
TABLE 52 TOURIST DECLARED ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY BY PLANNING REGIONS. 2008 HOTELS
ROOMS
% DISTRIBUTION
TOTAL
460
18.948
100,0
UNIDAD VALLE CENTRAL
150
6.818
36,0
UNIDAD GUANACASTE NORTE
67
2.797
14,8
UNIDAD PACIFICO MEDIO
60
2.164
11,4
UNIDAD LLANURAS DEL NORTE
53
1.789
9,4
UNIDAD PUNTARENAS PLAYAS E ISLAS DEL GOLFO
23
1.258
6,6
SUB UNIDAD POLO TURISTICO GOLFO PAPAGAYO
9
1.130
6,0
UNIDAD CORCOVADO GOLFITO
27
590
3,1
UNIDAD GUANACASTE SUR
16
513
2,7
UNIDAD CARIBE NORTE
18
505
2,7
UNIDAD MONTEVERDE
12
442
2,3
SUB UNIDAD VOLCANES DE GUANACASTE
2
263
1,4
SUB UNIDAD SARAPIQUI
8
236
1,2
UNIDAD CARIBE SUR
9
236
1,2
SUB UNIDAD CORDILLERA DE TALAMANCA
6
207
1,1
REGIONS
SOURCE: Administración de la Información, ICT
TABLE 53 TOTAL TOURIST ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY BY ROOMS AND HOTELS 1999-2008 ROOMS
HOTELS
Year TOTAL
% CHANGE
TOTAL
% CHANGE
1999
28.826
2,6
1.883
7,6
2000
29.497
2,3
1.826
-3,0
2001
31.706
7,5
1.935
6,0
2002
33.126
4,5
2.074
7,2
2003
35.003
5,7
2.217
6,9
2004
36.299
3,7
2.325
4,9
2005
38.737
6,7
2.376
2,2
2006
40.811
5,4
2.576
8,4
2007
41.340
1,3
2.595
0,7
2008
41.759
1,0
2.599
0,2
SOURCE: Proceso de Gestión y Asesoría Turística Instituto Costarricense de Turismo
TABLE 54 TOTAL TOURIST ACCOMMODATION CAPACITY BY CATEGORY (NUMBER OF STARS). 2008 NUMBER OF STARS 0
PLANNING REGIONS Hotels
1-3 Rooms
Hotels
4-5 Rooms
Hotels
Total
No category Rooms
Hotels
Rooms
Hotels
Rooms
Caribe Norte
104
1.311
39
1.084
1
30
0
0
144
2.425
Caribe Sur
124
977
45
610
0
0
0
0
169
1.587
Guanacaste Norte
177
2.273
129
2.626
22
2.657
0
0
328
7.556
90
800
45
623
2
61
0
0
137
1.484
185
1.500
131
2.331
6
365
1
30
323
4.226
46
416
27
551
0
0
0
0
73
967
Pacífico Central
152
1.501
119
2.142
13
948
1
12
285
4.603
Pacífico Sur
278
2.766
93
1.323
6
149
1
5
378
4.243
Puntarenas e Islas del Golfo
166
1.495
63
928
4
878
0
0
233
3.301
Valle Central
318
4.139
165
3.225
46
4.003
0
0
529
11.367
1.640
17.178
856
15.443
100
9.091
3
47
2.599
41.759
Guanacaste Sur Llanuras del Norte Monteverde
Total
SOURCE: Administración de la Información, ICT Note: Only those hotels that have "declaratoria turística" are officially categorized. It is important to emphasize that this categorization was made only for analytical purposes, but insists that those hotels that do not have tourist declaratory are not categorized.
TABLE 55 LODGING ACTIVITY, FARES AND OCCUPANCY RATE BY MONTH. 2006-2008
MONTH
Lodging activity monthly index (LAMI)
Lodging fares monthly index (LFMI)
Occupancy rates (%)
2006
2007
2008
2006
2007
2008
2006
2007
2008
January
151,4
153,9
163,7
176,8
197,4
206,7
65,1
66,5
65,9
February
159,5
161,3
172,8
173,6
192,1
200,8
73,6
71,6
78,2
March
167,1
172,7
187,5
184,0
197,9
195,5
72,3
70,9
75,2
April
141,0
145,2
156,5
177,1
190,4
193,9
57,1
57,0
53,6
May
127,6
131,2
139,4
162,6
174,7
183,6
52,5
54,3
52,3
June
123,4
129,2
135,1
163,0
178,6
188,1
52,2
54,7
55,6
July
140,0
155,4
159,5
163,0
180,8
201,2
58,2
61,3
58,8
August
131,2
142,1
144,4
159,5
179,1
205,8
54,1
59,5
52,5
September
106,8
110,1
109,1
161,2
170,8
195,5
45,5
46,6
45,0
October
110,0
114,6
108,5
153,1
171,9
193,3
49,6
50,2
46,2
November
138,3
152,3
143,2
156,7
175,5
181,9
64,1
67,6
60,6
December
135,8
140,0
130,4
177,9
190,1
211,8
55,6
58,5
51,5
SOURCE: Macroeconomic Statistics BCCR
TABLE 56 LODGING ACTIVITY, FARES AND OCCUPANCY RATE BY MONTH (% CHANGES). 2006-2008
MONTH
Lodging activity monthly index (LAMI)
Lodging fares monthly index (LFMI)
Occupancy rates (%)
2006-2007
2007-2008
2006-2007
2007-2008
2006-2007
2007-2008
January
1,6
6,4
11,6
4,7
2,2
-0,8
February
1,1
7,1
10,7
4,5
-2,6
9,2
March
3,4
8,6
7,6
-1,2
-1,9
6,0
April
2,9
7,8
7,6
1,8
-0,1
-5,9
May
2,8
6,2
7,4
5,1
3,4
-3,6
June
4,7
4,5
9,5
5,3
4,8
1,7
July
10,9
2,7
10,9
11,3
5,4
-4,2
August
8,3
1,6
12,3
14,9
10,1
-11,8
September
3,1
-0,9
6,0
14,4
2,4
-3,4
October
4,2
-5,4
12,3
12,4
1,1
-8,0
November
10,1
-5,9
12,0
3,6
5,4
-10,3
December
3,1
-6,9
6,9
11,4
5,3
-11,9
SOURCE: Macroeconomic Statistics BCCR
TABLE 57 TRAVEL AGENCIES IN COSTA RICA BY REGION AND ACCORDING TO KIND. 2008 KIND OF AGENCY
REGION
TOTAL
Retailer
Travel agency
Tour operator
TOTAL
261
78
13
352
San José
181
78
13
272
Alajuela
25
0
0
25
Cartago
1
0
0
1
Heredia
18
0
0
18
Guanacaste
10
0
0
10
Puntarenas
19
0
0
19
Limón
7
0
0
7
74,1
22,2
3,7
100,0
Percentage
SOURCE: Gestión y Asesoría Turística, ICT
TABLE 58 TOURIST DECLARED TRAVEL AGENCIES IN COSTA RICA. 1999-2008 YEAR
TRAVEL AGENCIES
% CHANGE
1999
289
7,0
2000
285
-1,4
2001
295
3,5
2002
293
-0,7
2003
295
0,7
2004
317
7,5
2005
328
3,5
2006
325
-0,9
2007
330
1,5
2008
352
6,7
SOURCE: Gestión y Asesoría Turística, ICT
TABLE 59 INVESTMENT IN TOURISM (INCLUDE TOURIST DECLARE COMPANIES ONLY). 2004-2008 ( Data are in colones and dolars)
Activity
Year 2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
Lodging
16.300.483.413,4
59.334.648.987,3
63.991.688.660,1
126.402.068.444,0
349.069.882.307,4
Rent a Car
2.640.307.220,0
644.836.000,0
2.012.046.740,3
487.548.295,0
--
189.040.524,1
455.841.064,4
347.432.687,0
408.486.110,0
2.125.854.495,0
4.520.646.529,6
7.994.797.819,3
3.495.102.240,5
6.308.761.941,9
7.583.819.465,0
Water Transport
18.018.270,0
70.000.000,0
--
--
--
Aerial service
316.275.915,4
--
93.525.545,0
--
--
Docks
614.680.200,0
--
8.666.195.976,0
--
--
Tourist transport by land
--
--
--
--
--
Horse back riding
--
--
--
--
--
Tourism of adventure
--
--
--
--
--
Tourist activities
--
122.163.500,0
571.859.255,0
241.727.500,0
7.979.308.159,7
Travel agencies Gastronomy
Total Investment in $
24.599.452.072,5
68.622.287.371,0
79.177.851.103,9
133.848.592.290,9
366.758.864.427,1
56.172.109,9
143.624.369,2
154.855.957,6
259.100.238,7
696.796.550,6
TABLE 60 TOURIST CRUISES AND NUMBER OF PASSENGERS BY PORT AND MONTH. 2008 TOTAL
MONTH Cruises
Total
Passengers
PACIFIC
CARIBBEAN
(Caldera, Puntarenas y Golfito)
(Puerto Limón)
Cruises
Passengers
Cruises
Passengers
238
319.705
103
120.277
135
199.428
January
45
54.624
19
20.413
26
34.211
February
38
44.994
12
8.867
26
36.127
March
43
51.565
13
11.153
30
40.412
April
27
41.551
11
16.692
16
24.859
May
5
6.231
4
3.112
1
3.119
June
1
629
1
629
0
0
July
0
0
0
0
0
0
August
0
0
0
0
0
0
September
2
2.215
2
2.215
0
0
October
12
19.052
9
14.975
3
4.077
November
28
47.049
13
20.629
15
26.420
December
37
51.795
19
21.592
18
30.203
TABLE 61 TOURIST CRUISES AND NUMBER OF PASSENGERS. 1994-2008 YEAR
CRUISES
% CHANGE
PASSENGERS
% CHANGE
1994
173
16,1
155.584
38,9
1995
164
-5,2
139.428
-10,4
1996
168
2,4
158.742
13,9
1997
202
20,2
201.386
26,9
1998
220
8,9
224.405
11,4
1999
253
15,0
235.039
4,7
2000
199
-21,3
189.814
-19,2
2001
195
-2,0
188.596
-0,6
2002
186
-4,6
222.496
18,0
2003
202
8,6
275.585
23,9
2004
215
6,4
318.103
15,4
2005
192
-10,7
280.017
-12,0
2006*
237
23,4
345.646
23,4
2007
216
-8,9
321.762
-6,9
2008
238
10,2
319.705
-0,6
*/ For the year 2006 the number of passengers is estimated.
TABLE 62 CRUISE VISITORS AND INCOMES FROM CRUISE TOURISM 1994-2008 (millions of US$)
YEAR
PASSENGERS
INCOMES FROM CRUISE TOURISM (millions of US$)
SPENDING AVERAGE
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
155.584
14,0
90,0
139.428
12,8
92,0
158.742
14,9
93,9
201.386
18,3
93,0
224.405
21,4
100,0
235.039
21,5
90,9
189.814
18,7
98,8
188.596
17,9
95,0
222.496
21,1
95,0
275.585
26,2
95,0
318.103
31,7
99,8
280.017
28,9
103,3
345.646
13,8
63,1
321.762
14,0
61,9
319.705
16,4
63,0
Note: In order to improve the measurement of the average of the cost and currency, from 2006 are calculated based on the Cruises survey. Used the average expenditure per visitor actually alighted from the ship (71.2% in 2006, in 2007 and 2008, a 74.5% and 83.5% respectively). Before the year 2006, not counting the estimated ICT, average expenditure was estimated by the Central Bank (based in some studies).
CHART 1 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY NATIONALITY (% DISTRIBUTION). 2008 5,5%
2,9%
13,9%
46,7%
31,0%
NORTHERN AMERICA
CENTRAL AMERICA
SOUTHERN AMERICA
OTHER COUNTRIES*
EUROPE
*/ Includes category Asia-Middle East, Africa, Caribbean and "Non indicated"
CHART 2 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS BY PORT OF ENTRANCE (% DISTRIBUTION). 2008 0,2%
31,7%
68,2%
BY AIR
* / Excludes cruise excursionist
BY LAND
BY SEA*
CHART 3 INTERNATIONAL TOURIST ARRIVALS 2000 - 2008 Tourists 2.250.000 2.000.000 1.750.000 1.500.000 1.250.000 1.000.000 750.000
500.000 250.000 0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
CHART 4 COSTA RICA: TOURISM INCOMES. 2000 - 2008 INCOMES (millions of US$)
2.500,0
2.000,0
1.500,0
1.000,0
500,0
0,0
2000
2001
2002
2003
2004 Year
2005
2006
2007
2008
