The low-cost airline, Frontier, announced new direct flights between the Daniel Oduber Quiros International Airport (LIR) known as Liberia Airport in Guanacaste Province and Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) in the U.S.

 

According to the Tourism Institute, the airline is offering direct flights every Saturday. From Liberia to Atlanta, the Boeing A320 departs from ATL at 11:25 ET to LIR. Then, from LIR it departs at 1:30 p.m. Costa Rican time to ATL

People interested in flight itineraries should visit the airline's website.

According to statistics from the Institute of Tourism, the United States is the main tourist market for Costa Rica. From January to July, authorities registered 819,548 tourists who arrived in the country by air. They prefer to visit beaches and national parks. Among the main tourist activities, they enjoy learning more about flora and fauna, visiting volcanoes and surfing among other activities.

Frontier is one of many airlines that offers new flights to Costa Rica. Last week, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines announced new direct flights to Holland.

Records show that during the first half of the year, there have been over 1.2 million tourists in Costa Rica.

 

Just last year, over 1.3 million tourists visited Costa Rica.

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