American Expatriate Costa Rica

English-language news and information on Costa Rica

  • Home
  • Original Articles
  • News Reports
  • Book Reviews

Costa Rica wants more tourists from South America

August 5, 2019 by Staff News Writer

Costa Rica seeks to attract more tourism from South America. Therefore, it organized an activity with the presence of businessmen, tourism authorities and Chilean and Argentine diplomats.

During the networking breakfast, a public-private alliance was held, organized by the Association Grupo Pro Imagen, the Argentine ambassador to the country, Patricia Giménez; Chile’s ambassador, Oscar Alcamán, as well as Aline Fregnani, head of strategic tourism alliances for the Latam airline.

Luis Madrigal, market coordinator of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) and María Amalia Revelo, Minister of Tourism also participated.

The activity was carried out prior to a seminar that will take place in October in the capital cities of Buenos Aires, in Argentina, and Santiago de Chile, in order to make Costa Rica known and increase the number of tourists visiting the country.

South America is a new market and although the economic situation is complex in Argentina, tourists still arrive. In Chile we know that we have to position ourselves, while the great South American market is Brazil where we have many opportunities. Peru is another very important market that we can develop,”

explained María Amalia Revelo.

For Patricia Giménez, Costa Rica has a lot of wealth to offer not only for tourists but for entrepreneurs in the Southern Cone, to develop business.

For us it is important to learn more about the diversity of the country to offer mutual destinations, we hope that this way we can bring many Ticos to Argentina and have many Argentines here.”

Chilean diplomat Oscar Alcamán believes tourists from his country visit Costa Rica for the different climate, since Chile has deserts, mountain ranges, and glaciers, but not a tropical climate. He also highlighted urban tourism and architectural heritage of churches and historical buildings as some of the aspects that the country can exploit, since the Chilean tourist likes to make urban routes.

In addition, Costa Rican tourism companies participated last July in a business tour in the US cities of Dallas and Houston, both in the state of Texas. The tour was led by the Grupo Pro Imagen with the mission of supporting companies and organizing training spaces for tourism agents in the United States so that they get to know the Costa Rican tourism market better.

crhoy.com

Related articles:

  1. Costa Rica leads online shopping in Central America
  2. Costa Rica stands out as the most prosperous country in Central America
  3. ICT signs with Iberia to promote Costa Rica in Europe
  4. Whale watching in Costa Rica continues to attract tourists
  5. Costa Rica is negotiating with South Korea to improve the Internet service
  6. Costa Rica has the worst roads in America

Filed Under: News Reports

SIGN UP FOR AMERICAN EXPATRIATE IN COSTA RICA

It's free, we respect your privacy and you can unsubscribe at any time.

Connect with Social Media

  • Email
  • Facebook
  • RSS
  • Twitter
Follow @expatcostarica

Search Articles and News Reports

Articles by Publication Date

July 2025
M T W T F S S
 123456
78910111213
14151617181920
21222324252627
28293031  
« Apr    

News Summary

U.S. President Orders Navy Task Force to Caribbean to Counter Venezuela Threat

Costa Rica Government Silent on Travel Ban with Just 13 Days Left

News Summary

Legislators approve moratorium for registration of shareholders

President confirms gasoline give away for ethanol pilot project

Chinese company sells low cost smart phones in Costa Rica

Search continues for small plane missing in Drake

Farmers will march to the Ministry of Agriculture

IMN warns of dangerous UV radiation this Friday

Copyright © 2010 to 2025 · Link to Legal Notices and Privacy Policy