U.S., Sept. 29 -- Citizens and residents of Mexico, the third largest tourism market for Costa Rica, will be permitted to enter the country by air beginning October 1, as long as they comply with the widely disclosed and well-known immigration requirements.

Jamaican tourists will also be permitted to enter, and California residents have been reconfirmed. Additionally, Ohio has been added to the list of U.S. states allowed to visit the national territory starting next month.

The news was announced by Gustavo J. Segura, Costa Rica Tourism Minister, this Thursday at a press conference.

"The update is a result of the gradual and sustained opening in international tourism and with the controlled risk that we have managed to reactivate the c...