Stand at FITUR 2021. Picture: Costa Rica Tourism Institute

The Wednesday May 19th, the World Tourism Fair (Fitur) started in the city of Madrid, Spain. The participation of Costa Rica, this year, became more relevant for an industry that is going through a severe crisis due to the situation caused by the Pandemic.

The Minister of Tourism, Gustavo Segura, assured that the Spanish market is a key bet to reactivate the arrival of European tourists to the country, especially in the face of the boreal summer (June to August).

“We hope that this and other actions such as the presence with positive information in the wide-ranging Spanish media, the coordination of immersion trips by travel agents and the press. Also other strategic actions will be reflected, in the coming months, in direct flights from Spain. Both in those of Iberia, as well as in the reservations of the new Iberojet airline”, the Minister stated last Friday.

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