[LU OT O - INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL STATISTICS Page 2 COSTA RICA
Number of foreign visitor arrivals at frontiers by month (1)

Months

Frontier Arrivals
1972 1973

January
february
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
Jdctober
November
December
Totals
International Tourist Receipts and Expenditures
Source of Information : Instituto Costarricense de Turismo,
Banco central de Costa Rica
Method of Collection : Survey at the International Airport

18 053
20 407
22 114
20 T25
17 361
18 469
23 351
21 285
21 304
18 353
19 426
25 977

246 825

Total receipts and expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of US dollars
1973
n.a.

Total Receipts
of which, from :
Central America 13.2
North America 8.9
Europe 2.2
Other 3.3
International
fare Receipts 9.7

1972
27.6

1973
33.6

1972
Total Expenditures n.a.

15.5
11.7
3.8
2.6

11.5

International
Fare Payments

n.a.

n.a.

Total receipts and expenditures from foreign tourism in millions of units of local
surrency

Total Receipts
of which, from :
Central America 113.7
North America 76.8
Europe 19.1
Other 27.6
83.3

1972
237.2

International
Pare Receipts

1973
AA A

133.6
100.3
22.2
2.5

98.9

1972
Total Expenditures n.a.

international
Fare Pavments

n,a.

1973
n.a.

n.a.

(1) Including visitor arrivals at the International Airport.

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