Costa Rica promoted at tourism fairs this week in France and Brazil

Nature-related tours, sustainable tourism and volcanoes are some of the reasons French and Brazilian tourists choose Costa Rica, the tourism board said

Tourism authorities and business agents this week are pushing Costa Rican objectives at two worldwide tourism fairs in Europe and South America.

Authorities from the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) and agents from 11 tourism organizations, including lodgings, visit administrators and auto rentals, among others, are taking an interest in the worldwide tourism reasonable Top Resa in Paris, France, held Wednesday to Friday.

Tourism Minister Wilhelm von Breymann noted that France is the third biggest wellspring of European visitors, after Spain and Germany.

“Top Resa is a standout amongst the most critical occasions for Costa Rica as it unites a large number of individuals in the business,” the tourism priest said.

Members hail from 152 nations, and the reasonable is a chance to system and research creative items, he included.

As indicated by the ICT, just under 40,000 French voyagers went by Costa Rica a year ago, fundamentally drawn by nature-related exercises, economical tourism and volcanoes. French visitors stayed in the nation a normal of 14 nights and used about $96 for every day, the report included.

The ICT additionally joined neighborhood tourism entrepreneurs in São Paulo, Brazil, at the International Fair of the Brazilian Association of Travel Agencies, AVAB 2014, held Wednesday to Sunday.

“The AVAB Fair is the nation’s most imperative [tourism fair], uniting 80 percent of the piece of the pie of Brazilian travel offices,” ICT Marketing Director Alejandro Castro said.

“Most Brazilians who visit our nation depend on a travel org, so its imperative to impact [the agencies],” he said.

For the Costa Rican Tourism Board, late deliberations to advertise this nation as a goal in Brazil and somewhere else started before the FIFA World Cup recently. Amid the World Cup, Costa Rica limited time battles occurred in a few daily papers and TV stations over the world.

ICT authorities say Brazil has imperative potential for the tourism market. A year ago, 15,934 Brazilians ventured out to Costa Rica, staying a normal of 13 nights and using about $125 a day.

Costa Rica promoted at tourism fairs this week in France and Brazil