Costa Rica Airport Arrivals Exceed pre pandemic levels

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Arrivals into Costa Rica Airports have shown increasing strength post pandemic.  Starting in April of 2022, arrivals into the Guanacaste International Airport (LIR) have eclipsed pre pandemic records from 2019.  From January through April of 2023 arrivals into the Guanacaste Airport have been at all time record levels every month and the trends continue to be positive.  The first two months of 2023 have even eclipsed the then record levels achieved in 2020 before the pandemic hit.  Here is the graph of international tourist arrivals into Guanacaste International Airport from 2019-2023 (in Spanish).  

Arrivals into Juan Santamaria International Airport in San Jose (SJO) have also been very strong.  Although lagging behind the strong arrival numbers put up by the Guanacaste Airport, San Jose has seen Tourist arrivals finally eclipse pre pandemic record levels in April of 2023.  Below is the graph of arrivals into SJO.

HOW CAN I HELP IN COSTA RICA?

As many of you know we are constantly working with our community leaders to help out in any way we can.  Anita Ortiz is one of those community leaders who dedicates a good  portion of her time to provide support and help to the less fortunate.  Anita is an active member of the Hope Fellowship Church in Playas del Coco.  Hope Fellowship has a number of outreach programs that have been extremely effective in the past.  When Covid hit the focus turned entirely to getting food on the tables of those who were out of work.

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For some of us fortunate enough things have returned to normal but many in the margins are still struggling and their is still massive unemployment in Guanacaste.  Anita approached us to see how we could help with the reactivation of the outreach programs.  The highest priority program is “Seeds of Hope”.  Seeds of hope is a project that provides meals to 60 and up to 100 kids on the weekends at each of five feeding stations centered around critical need areas.  On a select case by case basis bags of food are distributed to mostly needy single moms and the elderly.