{"id":1596,"date":"2020-03-11T12:45:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T18:45:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crtn.cr\/?p=1596"},"modified":"2020-03-16T22:45:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-17T04:45:35","slug":"bumpy-roads-ahead-in-costa-rica-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/crtn.cr\/bumpy-roads-ahead-in-costa-rica-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Bumpy Roads Ahead in Costa Rica Tourism"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/crtn.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mar-5-corona-time-series.png\" alt=\"Graph depicting trip cancellation rates, from Skift - Seth Borko (Costa Rica Tourism News)\" class=\"wp-image-1597\" width=\"473\" height=\"306\" srcset=\"https:\/\/crtn.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mar-5-corona-time-series.png 920w, https:\/\/crtn.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mar-5-corona-time-series-300x195.png 300w, https:\/\/crtn.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mar-5-corona-time-series-768x498.png 768w, https:\/\/crtn.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mar-5-corona-time-series-696x452.png 696w, https:\/\/crtn.cr\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/mar-5-corona-time-series-647x420.png 647w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Everyone from hotel owners, tour operators, airlines, restaurants, taxi drivers, right to the travellers are all wondering how to approach the recent challenge of coronavirus (<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"COVID-19 (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Coronavirus_disease_2019\" target=\"_blank\">COVID-19<\/a>). If the pandemic threat itself was not enough to deal with, it is combined with the increasingly likely possibility of a global recession.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There is no handbook on how to deal with this. We are in uncharted territory.  In Skift&#8217;s recent Travel Tourism Industry newsletter, Seth Borko provides an overview of where North American travellers are currently at in regards to future travel.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read Seth&#8217;s article <a href=\"https:\/\/skift.com\/2020\/03\/10\/nearly-a-third-of-u-s-travelers-defer-plans-as-uncertainty-grows-skift-research-survey\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\">here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/crtn.cr\/bumpy-roads-ahead-in-costa-rica-tourism\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"10\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"reverse_time\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There is no handbook on how to deal with this &#8211; we are in uncharted territory.  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