TODAY NICARAGUA NEWS — In the first half of the year the number of air passengers who arrived in and left the country grew by 8%, with 343,000 coming in and 304,000 passengers going out.
Although Nicaragua is a country with little international air connectivity in the first 6 months of 2014 there were more passengers coming in from abroad than those leaving the country. The difference amounts to more than 10 thousand people.
Elnuevodiario.com.ni reports that “… In the case of passengers going abroad between January and June this year … there was an increase of 6.6% compared to last year’s figures “.
“As for the passengers who arrived in the country in the period under review, there was an increase of 9.2% compared to the figures in 2013 ….”
Source: Today Nicaragua; elnuevodiario.com.ni
I’m surprised the #s are that low as I’ve been doing my Visa Runs in Nicaragua the past 5 years & I’m always pleasantly surprised at all the Europeans & Canadians & Australians I meet there & how busy some beach areas are when it’s dead in CR. YEAHHHH for Nicaragua!! They deserve all the people they’re getting though sadly MUCH of it that I’ve interviewed were going there INSTEAD of CR – #1 – because of how EXPENSIVE CR has gotten. #2 – safety since NI is DEFINITELY LOTS safer overall than CR (I’m talking things that would effect the tourists – just compare bars on windows & barbed wire between the 2 countries. NI overall has LOTS less of that – even in Managua.
It saddens me to see CR outpricing itself as it IS effecting the local people!!