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THE ENGLISH-LANGUAGE GUIDE TO THE
QUEPOS/MANUEL ANTONIO AREA SINCE 1998
One out of five tourists come to surf, group says
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
Though many tourists come to Costa Rica for its volcanoes, rain forests and beaches, a full 20 percent of all the tourists who come to Costa Rica, do so to ride its waves, said the Federación de Surf.
Costa Rica is becoming such a popular surf destination that the number of surfer's who visit here annually to surf has doubled in the past three years, the federation said.
Antonio Pilurzu, the president of the federation, cited information from the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo.
Pilurzu said that 222,659 visitors came to surf at Costa Rica’s beaches in 2004, exceeding the 101,014 in 2001, which at that time was equivalent to 12.4 percent of the total amount of vacationing arrivals to the country. For 2004, these numbers increased more than 100 percent, Pilurzu said (continued).
Quick Facts: Average stay10.3 night stay and $119.20/day spent. Source A.M. Costa Rica story.