Five facts about why surfing is of public interest to the country and has its own National Day
Bevu presents the news of the day.
It's official! Surfing will have its own National Day and is listed as a sport of public interest.
Yesterday, the declaration was approved stipulating the practice of surfing as a discipline of public interest and granting October 19 as National Surfing Day because it is a sport that has an economic, touristic and sporting impact on the national territory.
This historic event for Costa Rican board sports brings great benefits that previously made it impossible or difficult to fully develop activities related to surfing, but now there is no doubt that the different state entities will support the discipline.
Surfing has a direct impact on the country, and the Costa Rican Tourism Institute has made this clear on several occasions. In this article, we provide five facts you should know about why surfing directly influences the country.
- 22% of all tourists entering the country do so with a surfboard.
- On average, 600,000 surfers visit Costa Rican waves annually.
- On average, tourists stay in the country for 17 days and spend $125 per day.
- Beaches such as Jacó, Avellanas, Pavones, Playa Hermosa, Playa Cocles, among others are the most preferred by tourists who practice the sport.
- Surfing is the only team sport that has given the country a team world medal, in addition to a world championship and two individual runner-up titles.
There is no doubt that this declaration will benefit the industry and opens up an opportunity for growth for the sports branch that has brought so many achievements to the country.