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Costa Rica received 3.1 million foreign visitors last year, 4.1% more than in 2018, and tourism remained one of the country’s economic pillars, the government said Wednesday.

The increase in tourism exceeded the average of 4% of global growth and 2% in the Americas, said the Costa Rican Tourism Minister, María Amalia Revelo, based on data from the World Tourism Organization.

Source: Tico Times.