The UK retains its position as Costa Rica’s second largest source market in Europe.

This steady growth is a reflection of the upward trend in UK visitors to Costa Rica that has been seen in the last few years, enhanced by the launch of the British Airways direct flights from London to San José, Costa Rica’s capital city, in April 2016.

Other European countries that have seen an increase in visitors in 2019 are Germany (80,580; +8,1 percent), France (77,013; +4 percent), Spain (69,745; +1,6 percent) and Italy (30,196; +3,5 percent).


In total, Costa Rica welcomed 3,139,008 worldwide visitors in 2019, a 4,1 percent upsurge compared to 2018.