Presidential Challenge brings more tourists to Samara Beach
- by crv.staff
- 22.07.10
- 8:07 AM UTC
- Filed in Costa Rica
Source : The Journal
Tourists the world over came to Guanacaste to live to the extreme their passion for sports fishing. The Presidential Challenge tournament took place this past 5th, 6th and 7th of March at Samara.
The event was an important window of exposition for the tourism in Costa Rica and a recovery for the local economy of the zone.
According to statistics of the Costa Rican Confederacy of Tourist Fishing (Fecopt by its acronyms in Spanish), last year sport fishing brought 85,636 tourists into the country. Said figures show a recovery of 12% in comparison to 2008. Consequently this year´s call-out is not yet to be ruled out as a success.
Mario Gutiérrez, one of the associate sponsors of the event, indicated that upon understanding the significance of this activity, is was programed in such a way that it was carried out in a respectful manner to all marine resources, the environment and paying close attention to the care of all participants.
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