A new study of staff shortages by the World Travel & Tourism Council (WTTC) reveals the sector realized a U.S. labor shortfall of almost 700,000 workers during 2021.
Puerto
Vallarta (No. 3) leading the “Top 10 International” list, in a top-three repeat from last year. The flood of Americans can be attributed in part to relatively relaxed entry requirements.
Similarly, the Dominican Republic has eased its visitor entry process, allowing Punta Cana to move from spot No. 10 last year to No. 6 this year on Allianz’s “Top 10 International” list.
Costa
Rica, a destination popular with thrill-seekers and outdoor adventurers, started welcoming American tourists as of September 1 last year, though only from select states, and is new on this year’s list with both
San Jose (No. 9), and
Liberia (No. 10) rounding out the list. In all, each of the top 10 is located either in the
Singapore), which revealed the 2021 travel mindset.
Despite the financial impact of COVID-19 hitting many hard, in the first three weeks of January, Tripadvisor travelers were searching for pricier trips than they had in the past two years during the same period. In fact, the average cost of a single future trip in 2021 has jumped 13 percent since January 2019.
U.S. travelers were longing for high-end trips and sunny beach getaways, both domestically and internationally.
Miami Beach is the fastest recovering domestic destination, with southern neighbors
Cancun and
Martinique, the gastronomic delights of
Armacao dos Buzios, Brazil and the bustling and vibrant
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International arrivals to
Costa Rica in 2020 by all routes reached the accumulated figure of 1,011,912, which represents almost one-third of the record for 2019 when they exceeded 3 million.
With the return of 20 airlines from Costa Rica’s main tourism markets and the announcement of new routes at the end of the period, December registered the entry of 71,000 tourists by air, almost doubling the visitation registered in November, during which 36,044 were reported, according to data from the
General Directorate of Migration and Foreigners analyzed by the
Costa Rican Tourism Institute.
Despite what
Tourism Minister Gustavo Segura Sancho called an unprecedented year, he added that reaching the number of visitors it did was an achievement of its own. Costa Rica had its air and maritime border open for only seven months of the year with only four-and-a-half months open to all countries of the world.