Costa Rica’s newly-elected President, Rodrigo Chaves Robles, has chosen William Rodríguez as the new Tourism Minister. Rodríguez will also head up Costa Rica Tourism Board.

Boeing has announced a new partnership with a Costa Rica-based maintenance, repair and overhaul provider to create additional conversion capacity for the 737-800 converted freighter.

The president of Costa Rica, Carlos Alvarado Quesada, has appointed Gustavo Segura Sancho to the role of minister of tourism. He will also step up as executive president of the Costa Rica Tourism Board.

Some 78,562 visitors from the UK travelled to the destination in 2019 – representing an increase of 5.7 per cent on the previous year. In total, Costa Rica welcomed 3,139,008 worldwide visitors in 2019, a 4.1 per cent upsurge compared to 2018.

Costa Rica has declared the Miravalles Volcano National Park-Jorge Manuel Dengo as the country’s 29th national park. The destination’s protected areas now encompass more than a quarter of its land mass, more than any other country in the world.

Breaking Travel News speaks to María Amalia Revelo Raventós, minister of tourism for Costa Rica, during World Travel Market in London. She tells us how the natural attractions of the destination are putting it on the international hospitality map as well as bringing us up to date with the reopening of the Arenal Volcano National Park.