Renovation and promotion of capital as a tourist destination would generate about $ 200 million a year Group proposes circuits visits to sites of interest to foreign. Insecurity, lack of cleanliness, lighting and landscaping work together to some tourists are not interested in knowing the capital. To reverse this situation, the Committee of Hoteliers in San Jose, consisting...

The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) defines this activity as people make traveling to and staying in places outside their usual environment for a consecutive period of less than one year for leisure, business and other purposes. This means that tourism, as such, has the capacity to provide opportunities for addressing the social challenges of the regions such as poverty...

Owners of hotels, tour operators and other tourism operators in the Quepos area stated that the tourist activity returned to normal after damage suffered due to bad weather brought more than two weeks. The National Chamber of Tourism of Costa Rica (Canatur) conducted a survey of tourism operators in the area to ascertain the state of the infrastructure of hotels, most...

Are you fond of traveling to new destinations? Most of us like traveling and visiting new places which are full of new landscapes and sceneries that we have never seen before, and with each new place that you visit you also get to know more about the culture and tradition of that place. Hence, traveling is not only about visiting new places but also about knowing and...

Tickets for direct investment fell by 14%, and tourism, 4%. A sharp decline in remittance income in late 2009. Revenues from foreign direct investment and tourism declined in the last three months of 2009 over the same period last year. However, the reduction is diminishing. Foreign direct investment and tourism are the two main sources of foreign exchange earnings after...

RANKING: Index of Travel and Tourism Competitiveness World Economic Forum 2009 examined 14 factors in each country. Natural resources were rated better appearance and infrastructure of the worst. Costa Rica is located in the third position of the American continent in terms of tourism competitiveness. This according to the latest Tourism Competitiveness Index and Travel...

Central America is making great efforts to attract European visitors this month with the participation of all countries of the region at the 44th International Tourism Fair in Berlin. Each country stresses its own tourism program, and has its own promotion budget. Panama this year, projects an image “of nature’s best kept secret,” Guatemala is focusing...

Small Distinctive Hotels covers eight high-level hotels and respectful of the environment. Clientele is mostly foreign, high-spending. The “annus horribilis” of world tourism also had made itself felt in Costa Rica, down about 8% compared to 2008, the year that marked the record for foreign visitors to the country. But just as not all people are equal, neither...

Even when the economic crisis threatened to whip hard areas such as tourism, predictions of decline were above the actual losses. The first estimates of the National Chamber of Tourism (ICT) were a decrease of between 10% and 12%, but in late January was estimated to decrease by 9%. Tuesday officially announced today that the House 2009 closed with 7.9% less growth than...

To book one of these Costa Rica tours you will need to check out the different tour operators. This way you can choose from the best of Costa Rica tourism. If you prefer to know in advance what interesting information can be found for the different tours you can use the internet. Here you will be able to find information about Costa Rica tourism As with most of the Costa...