Based on the preliminary designs, the new Convention Center will be located in Barreal de Heredia and will feature a 6,000 square meter exhibition hall.
The Minister for Tourism, Allan Flores, said that it looks as though they will have the new facility by the end of 2013.
Commenting on convention tourism, Pablo Solano, chief executive of Costa Rica Convention Bureau (CRCVB) told Elfinancierocr.com: "Although there are no precise figures on how many people arrive in the country for such purposes ... it is a segment that is increasing and has a higher profile than the leisure and pleasure tourism: an average of $380 a day is spent. This market has good purchasing power. When it comes to meetings (congresses and conventions) the average cost per day is around $250 per participant and their average stay is three to four nights."
Source: elfinancierocr.com
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August 2010
The project, which is 12 years in the making, has become a priority for the Costa Rican Ministry for Tourism.
Tourism Minister, Carlos Ricardo Benavides, indicated than in three months the feasibility study being carried out by the Innovation Group is due to be completed.
May 2011
Three new convention centers will open within the next three years.
With an investment of $30 million, a project promoted by the Instituto Costarricense de Turismo, to be built in Barreal de Heredia. is expected to completed by the first quarter of 2014.
For his part Fernando Poma, Vice President of Real Hotels & Resorts (operator of the Intercontinental Hotel chain), will announce the start of construction of a facility with a 2,700 person capacity, in Guachipelín of Escazú this July.
February 2011
The National Institute of Tourism announced that it has the land to build the convention center.
The Minister of Tourism, Carlos Ricardo Benavides, said that it closed negotiations with the Integral Program of Agricultural Marketing (PIMA), the owner of land, located in Barreal de Heredia.
September 2010
Tourism authorities are making progress in negotiations for land where a convention center would be developed.
Tourism Minister, Carlos Ricardo Benavides, said it is negotiating with the "Programa Integral de Mercadeo Agropecuario" (PIMA), who owns the land located in Barreal de Heredia.
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