ExpoTur Costa Rica will take place April 25-27, this event is considered the most important tourism travel mart of Costa Rica and the Central America Region, and one of the most relevant in Latin America.

This year the event will receive the support of LATAM Airlines in conjunction with the Costa Rica Tourism Institute (ICT) and its organized by the Costa Rican Association of Tourism Professionals (Acoprot) with the objective of attracting new investments to the country.

The event will be held at the new Congress and Convention Center that is expected to be inaugurated earlier in April.

This event offers companies involved in the tourism industry an opportunity to showcase their services or products to national and international agents, this includes airlines, tour operators, hotels, car rentals, as well as many other tourism services. It also provides an opportunity to network for many exhibitors from Costa Rica and the Central America area and buyers from 34 countries. Buyers from the United States, Canada, Europe and South America will be present at the event, which so far has received over 160 registrations to participate.

“In LATAM we are very happy with the results after the launching of the new route, this is great news for tourism and connectivity in Latin America. In this sense, Expotur is the perfect opportunity to showcase the many attractions that Costa Rica has to offer to tour operators from Chile, Peru and Argentina”, explained Nicolas Goldstein, sales Vice-President of LATAM

This year the ICT will also promote the country as a destination for meetings and conventions.

“We work from the hand of the ICT to make Expotur an event that complies with the current requirements of the sector. We seek to open to new markets and, of course, receive economic growth of this travel mart in Costa Rica”, stated Massi Devoto, president of Acoprot.