A study estimated that "up to 10% of tourists who come to Costa Rica engage in sex tourism", with as many as 10,000 sex workers involved, many of whom are immigrants.
En undersøgelse skønner, at "op til 10 % af turister, der kommer til Costa Rica engagere sig i sexturisme", med så mange som 10.000 sexarbejdere involveret, hvoraf mange er indvandrere.