IN COSTA RICA,
(IN U.S. MILLION OF DOLLARS)
FROM 1990 TO 2002
Year
Turism
Coffee
Banana
Meat
Sugar
1990
275,0
245,4
315,0
48,6
25,1
1991
330,6
263,6
396,6
69,3
24,7
1992
431,1
201,6
562,6
44,0
29,5
1993
577,4
201,6
564,8
63,7
27,9
1994
625,7
307,6
561,0
51,0
28,6
1995
659,6
417,1
680,2
43,6
46,1
1996
688,6
385,4
631,1
42,2
44,4
1997
719,3
402,3
577,3
28,3
41,1
1998
883,5
409,5
667,5
24,0
41,8
1999
1036,1
288,7
629,0
27,2
30,0
2000
1229,2
273,7
546,1
30,7
28,6
2001
1095,5
161,8
515,9
25,5
35,5
2002
1078,0
165,1
478,4
20,1
27,0
Source: CANATUR, Dirección de Investigación, based on Tourist Board‘s data.
http://www.canatur.org/80fb514e3dce55c3edc2edf998345425/estadisticas/33
Consultation Date: 23-08-04
Graph 1
Hard Currency Income (in U.S. million of dollars) to Costa Rica from turism, coffee, banana, meat and sugar
From 1979 to 2002
1400,0
1200,0
)srallo 1000,0
dnoliil
800,0
m
USin ( 600,0
ycnerr
400,0
Cud
Har
200,0
0,0
1979
1980
1981
1982
1983
1984
1985
1986
1987
1988
1989
1990
1991
1992
1993
1994
1995
1996
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Year
Turism
Coffee
Banana
Meat
Sugar
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TABLE 2
MOTIVATIONS FOR TRAVEL TO COSTA RICA (PERCENTAGE
DISTRIBUTION OF INTERVIEWED PASSENGERS REGARDLESS OF NATIONALITY) FROM 1997 TO 2002
Motive
1997
1998
1999
2000
2001
2002
Relative total
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
100,0
Vacation, recreation, pleasure
73,7
64,8
65,4
61,5
68,0
61,3
Visits to family and/or friends
3,8
6,7
4,5
8,4
11,5
23,7
Business or work
13,7
18,3
22,7
21,7
13,5
10,0
Study
4,0
3,8
3,3
3,8
1,8
3,0
Other motives
4,8
6,4
4,1
4,6
5,2
2,0
Source: CANATUR, Dirección de Investigación, based on Tourist Board‘s data.
http://www.canatur.org/80fb514e3dce55c3edc2edf998345425/estadisticas/41
Consultation Date: 23-08-04
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TABLE 3
NUMBER OF TOURIST FROM THE US