Costa Rican tourism agencies argue over who has official tally of visitors

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Officials in Costa Rica’s tourism sector say they follow industry standards when reporting the number of tourist visits to the country. When is a tourist not a tourist? In a country where the visa run is a working expatriate’s rite of passage, …

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