Posted by Adam Sax on Thu, Feb 16, 2012 @ 02:45 PM
Reposted By: Jesse Montgomery, from Tico Times
Costa Rica closed out a record-breaking year for tourism with a strong December. Hotel occupation in the country rose 6.1 percent compared to December 2010, with hotels having on average 62 percent of rooms occupied, according to a press release from the Costa Rica Hotels and Resorts Association.
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Posted by Adam Sax on Wed, Feb 15, 2012 @ 12:27 PM
By: Mike Godfrey, Tax News
Canada and Costa Rica have concluded a second round of talks on the improvement of their existing free trade agreement (FTA).
The successful conclusion of this stage in negotiations was announced by Canada's Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Asia-Pacific Gateway. Talks took place from February 6 to 10 in San José, Costa Rica, with a third round scheduled for April, 2012.
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Posted by Adam Sax on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 01:49 PM
By: Jesse Montgomery
Scattered across the coastline in Costa Rica’s northern province of Guanacaste, lies one of the country’s most unique and luxurious development projects; Kalia. Boasting four separate, distinct, yet equally stunning villages; Ruby Sky, Emerald Woods, Black Beauty, and Diamond Cove, Kalia is spread out over 1000 acres of some of Costa Rica’s most pristine and untouched terrain.
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Posted by Adam Sax on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 01:39 PM
Reposted By: Jesse Montgomery, from Briefing Wire
Toronto Based Costa Rica Estates Inc. Sponsors Costa Rican Vice President Luis Liberman's Toronto Visit.
The CCA and the Embassy of the Republic of Costa Rica present a luncheon with Dr. Luis Liberman, Vice President of the Republic of Costa Rica, February 22, 2012 in Toronto, Canada.
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Posted by Adam Sax on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 01:34 PM
Reposted By: Jesse Montgomery, The Costa Rica News
Going green just took a giant leap into Valentine’s Day. You can not only promote saving the environment you can tell the one you love you did it for him or her. Although it may not seem like much we can only get these trees planted one at a time and each one really does help.
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Posted by Adam Sax on Tue, Feb 14, 2012 @ 01:18 PM
By: Michelle Hopkins, The Calgary Herald
When I was a teenager, I was fearless astride a horse. My best girlfriend and I would gallop for hours. But after a nasty fall in my 20s, in which I skinned my face pretty badly, you couldn’t get me back on a horse.
Yet, here I am in my 50s, saddled up on a horse high in the foothills of Costa Rica’s town of Santa Barbara, Heredia. I’m following my guide, Perez, who doesn’t speak a word of English.
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Posted by Adam Sax on Fri, Feb 10, 2012 @ 05:34 PM
By: Ashley Harrell, Tico Times
For its proximity to the United States, well-trained health professionals, and lower-cost, high-quality health services, Costa Rica has long attracted tens of thousands of medical tourists. The medical tourism numbers for 2011 won’t be out until April, but the Council for International Promotion of Costa Rica Medicine (PROMED) did give The Tico Times a preview of one main focus this year and next: corporate medical tourism.
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