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Commercial alliances with China have increased in the Government of President Laura Chinchilla.

The Minister of tourism of Costa Rica, Allan Flores said in recent days from Beijing was signed a memorandum on air cooperation between China and Costa Rica with which it seeks to increase Chinese tourism to Costa Rica.

Initiative pursues the increase at four times the number of visitors from China in the next three years. According to the goal intends to spend 12 thousand current Chinese per year to 50 000 in 2016.

The Minister indicated that this establishes a line of air cooperation which was signed in August of last year and which was given validity in President Laura Chinchilla's recent trip to Beijing.

This agreement is beneficial for those airlines that fly between the two countries, through the major cities of the United States, such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Miami.

"In the absence of direct air links between China and Costa Rica, something that is technically very difficult due to the long distance (as with almost all Latin America), this type of links seek to stimulate the arrival of Chinese tourists," said.

For example, developing travel packages that include Costa Rica as a destination added to U.S. cities already very popular among travelers from China, said Flores.

The country is currently in search of a profile of specific tourist, those who travel frequently outside of China, and have for favorite destinations, Hawaii, New Zealand, Australia and Viet Nam.

The country wants to be shown as a safe destination, suitable to enjoy eco-tourism, bird watching, and other adventure activities.

This is part of the plan for the diversification of the attraction of tourism in Costa Rica, since this activity is usually promoted to countries like United States, Canada and the European Union; however the country now seeks to attract to the Asian region.

During his visit to China, the Costa Rican delegation, which also includes the Deputy Minister of transport, Ana Cristina Jenkins, met with leaders of three of the major airlines in the country (Air China, China Eastern and Hainan Airlines) and the director of the administration of Civil Aviation, Li Jiaxiang.

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