Tourism leads the service exports in the second trimester of this year, registering an amount of 48.8% of the total service account, this consolidates this activity as the one that contributed the most in the recovery of the growth rhythm of the service exports in the first semester of 2016 in comparison to the same period of 2015. This information is given in the trimester Analysis about the e...

From canyoning to sea kayaking, Costa Rica offers a playground for those seeking adrenaline-pumping activities PRNewswire/ -- Costa Rica's diverse natural landscapes and terrain set the stage for coast to coast, action-packed adventures. Thanks to the country's compact size, travelers looking for extreme adventures can participate in any and all adventures they wish without stressing over not h...

Did you fall in love with Costa Rica during a visit? Perhaps you need a change in your life, a fresh start. Maybe you are tired of the cold weather in your country and you want to move somewhere where it doesn’t snow; or maybe it’s time to retire and you want a place where you can live a more relaxing life. Whatever the case may be, you are right to consider the possibility of moving to Costa Rica...

Costa Rica is ranked in the 32nd position out of 144 countries in the 2016 Global Gender Gap Report. This index evaluates the gap between man and women in different fields: economic, education, political empowerment, health and life expectancy. Costa Rica scored 0.736, with 2 being the maximum gender equality, the country went up 6 positions in comparison to 2015. Costa Rica ranked 105 ...

When we hear about bullying we think about kids and teenagers making fun of a peer due to a number of different reasons, perhaps the way they dress, or the way they look, weight problems, acne, or different social problems; rarely do we link dental problems with bullying. But the fact is according to a study published by the American Journal of Orthodontics and Dentofacial Orthopedics that unat...

The province of Guanacaste in Costa Rica is one of the main reasons many tourists visit the country every year, it’s also the reason many choose to stay, how much do you know about Guanacaste? Here are some important facts about Guanacaste you’ll find interesting and are important to know if you are visiting soon or moving here: 1. The Chorotegas were the first inhabitants of Guanacaste, and...

Global medical equipment company Smith and Nephew inaugurated today its new factory of orthopedic devices for sports medicine in the Free Trade Zone in El Coyol, Alajuela. The new facilities required an investment of $55 million dollars and will add close to 250 jobs to the already existent 1,700. The English firm with headquarters in London will consolidate a total of 1,950 employments in Cos...

Marketwired - Global populations of vertebrates -- mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fish -- have declined by 58 percent between 1970 and 2012, states a new report from World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Animals living in the world's lakes, rivers, and freshwater systems have experienced the most dramatic population declines, at 81 percent. Because of human activity, the report states that with...

The Princess of Asturias award of 2016 for International Cooperation was given to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Costa Rican Christiana Figueres and Mexican Patricia Espinosa former and current Executive Secretaries of the UNFCCC received the award given by King Felipe VI of Spain. “On behalf of all my colleagues at the UNFCCC, I would like to thank the 2016 Pri...

La Ruta de los Conquistadores is considered the most important mountain bike competition in Costa Rica and one of the hardest athletic events in the planet. This multi-stage race will take place this year from November 3rd to November 5th. Created in 1993 by Costa Rican Roman Urbina, this event is considered the first and original multi-stage mountain bike competition in the world, this gender ...

Costa Rican Alicia Chong Rodríguez is a graduate student at MIT in the program of Integrated Design and Management, she is a co-founder of the startup company named Bloomer Tech (named after women’s rights advocate Amelia Bloomer), which is developing a bra with built-in sensors that monitor heart activity and communicate to a smartphone application via Bluetooth. She came up with the idea as s...

Press Release/ The first Texas Tech University campus in Latin America began its construction in Costa Rica with an investment that involves close to $15 million USD. The construction of 3,321 square meters’ of the campus will be ready by December 2017, the second phase involves opening doors for the first education programs in the first trimester of 2018. The academic offer will include: ...

Costa Rican triathlon athlete Leonardo Chacón finished sixth in the XTERRA World Championship race that took place today in Maui, Hawaii. The XTERRA competition is an off-road triathlon, which combines a 1.5 km (1 mile) swim, 32 km (20mi) mountain bike trail and a 10.5 km (6.5 mi) trail run. The XTERRA World Championship race is the last in a series of more than 100 off-road triathlon races he...

Located in the region of Sarapiquí, Heredia, in the North of Costa Rica this Biological Reserve was born in 1995 as a private effort of conservation, it encompasses 345 hectares of tropical rainforest under the category of National Wildlife Refugee. The Tirimbina Biological Reserve is a perfect place for those that enjoy eco-tourism and sustainable tourism. This region is the home of diverse m...

The Guanacaste Tourism and Commerce Chamber Association sued the State to demand that the crocodile that attacked a tourist some months back in Tamarindo is relocated. The complaint was presented to the Contentious Administrative Proceedings Court on October 20 and it stated that “there has been an inaction and omission” by national authorities because they haven’t captured or relocated the cro...

Costa Rica is also home to great artists in different fields. This country has great painters, and in view of the different international art exhibits that will be displayed in Costa Rica in this next few months it is important that some of his national talent is also recognized and remembered: Maternidad (Maternity) Oil Painting by Francisco Amighetti (Costa Rica) Francisco “Paco” Amighett...

The Global Institute of Entrepreneurship and Development headquartered in Washington showed that Costa Rica is the country in Central America with more opportunities for entrepreneurship. Costa Rica’s strong points are in the Perception of Opportunities and Abilities; however the Institute indicated that the country is behind in process innovation, risk capital and absorption of technology. ...

Google transit is now including Costa Rica's train stops, routes and schedules to make it easier to use this method of transportation. This was made possible by the joint efforts of Google, Costa Rica’s Train Institute (INCOFER), and the company Bus.cr. The tool Google Transit is part of the app Google Maps and it’s designed with the purpose of making information available to users that need...

Avianca airlines announced today the cancellation of all flights to and from Venezuela, after a Venezuelan military plane harassed one of their planes. (EFE).- Colombia's Foreign Ministry on Saturday was asked to demand an explanation from Venezuela for an incident in which a military plane allegedly harassed an Avianca passenger jet while it was in the neighboring country's airspace. Colom...

The Osa Conservation Area (ACOSA) of the Costa Rica National Area Conservation System (SINAC-MINAE), through the Program of Control and Protection and along with the Ministry of Public Security, unite efforts to run Inter-Institutional operations against the environmental offenders. Yesterday, October 20, members of the Police force and the Frontier Police along with personnel of the Osa Conse...

Costa Rican seismologist Marino Protti visited the Antarctica for the first time in 2013 as part of the Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD), with the objective of installing twenty seismologic stations to measure the displacement of the glacial and the earthquakes produced by the same. Now, three years later, Dr. Marino Protti, an experienced seismologist from the ...

(Reuters) - Hackers unleashed a complex attack on the internet through common devices like webcams and digital recorders and cut access to some of the world's best known websites on Friday, a stunning breach of global internet stability. The attacks struck Twitter, Paypal, Spotify and other customers of an infrastructure company in New Hampshire called Dyn, which acts as a switchboard for inter...

Coffee was first introduced in Costa Rica in the year 1808 when the governor Tomás de Acosta took a risk and started a coffee plantation. Costa Rica was the first Central American country to get involved in this fast growing industry and with this the culture of coffee became part of Costa Rica’s history. Costa Rica had perfect conditions for the “Gold Grain”, rich volcanic soil, a dry and a ra...

BY Reuters - AT&T Inc <T.N> has reached an agreement in principle to buy Time Warner Inc <TWX.N> for about $85 billion (69.48 billion pounds), sources said on Friday, paving the way for what would be the biggest deal in the world this year, giving the telecom company control of cable TV channels HBO and CNN, film studio Warner Bros and other coveted media assets. The deal, which h...

The first 226 km (140 miles) Iron-Tri of Central America will take place this Sunday, October 23 at the beautiful and exuberant Puerto Viejo in Limon; the competition involves 3.8 km (2.36 mi) of swimming, 180 km (112 mi) of cycling and 42.2 km (26.2 mi) of running. The event is organized by the company Multireto who has always organized the event TicoMan (Costa Rican Ironman); this is the nin...

Costa Rica's Surfing Federation announced the list of wwenty athletes in 7 different categories that have been selected to be part of Costa Rica’s National Surfing Team and will represent the country in the upcoming Central America Surfing Games. Aspects taken into consideration when selecting the participant athletes included their individual performance during the National Circuit Kolbi 2016, ...

(BUSINESS WIRE) // Amazon introduced Amazon Music Unlimited as an alternative to other online music services such as Spotify and Apple Music. Amazon Music Unlimited is an on-demand music service that redefines music streaming by putting a catalog of tens of millions of songs and thousands of hand-curated playlists and personalized stations not just at the tips of your fingers, but also on the tip ...

The CONCACAF Champions League also known as the Concachampions concluded another stage today. The CONCA Champions follows the same principals as the famous European Champion League currently in qualifying rounds. In the case of the CONCACAF, a total of 24 teams participate, 9 from the North American region, 12 from Central America and 3 from the Caribbean. Usually it’s the teams from the North ...

PRNewswire/ -- Copa Holdings (NYSE: CPA), parent company of Copa Airlines and Copa Airlines Colombia, has officially launched Wingo in Latin America and the Caribbean, including Costa Rica. Wingo, which will begin operations on December 1st, brings a low-cost/low-price offering, with flexible amenities to the market in the region. Designed for travelers who prefer a simple and no-frills travel ...

We had reported some weeks back that Costa Rica has the most contaminated river in Central America and the repercussions this is having in two beaches in Puntarenas. It is important that we raise awareness on the magnitude of this problem. The Tarcoles River extends through 111 kilometers (69 miles), it carries the water of 23 other rivers, among them, Maria Aguilar, Torres and Tiribí, it goes ...

Authentic flavors and diverse textures that promise to bring us close to Costa Rica’s native population through the gastronomy that the Boruca, the Maleku and other ethnic groups have created in their lifestyle; this is the concept of the new menu of Luna Roja (Red Moon) restaurant, located in the “Paseo Gastronómico La Luz” in Barrio Escalante and part of the offering of Boutique Hotel Luz de Lun...

The Costa Rica Expo IT-COMM, formerly Expo-Telecom, is scheduled for November 3 and 4 at the Real Intercontinental Hotel; this is the seventh edition of the event which has consolidated as one of the most important in the area of telecommunications in the Central America region. This event explores the new trends on Information and Communication Technology, from artificial intelligence, softwar...

Press Release/ The tourism activity continues to grow and remains as the most dynamic sector in Costa Rica's economy. This was highlighted by the First Vice-president of the Republic, Helio Fallas, during the inauguration of the Alajuela Touristic Expo: “Something more than a Volcano”, that took place at the City Mall. According to data by the Central Bank the inbound tourism grew by 12.3% in ...

He has many haters but far more “Beliebers”, and this last group will be going crazy April 24th of 2017 when their idol, singer Justin Bieber gives his first concert in Costa Rica at the National Stadium. The information was given today by national newspaper La Nacion, after Costa Rica’s Ministry of Economy, Industry and Commerce (MEIC) confirmed the authorization of the plan for the event “Co...

The International Cycling Union announced its America Tour calendar and included a new event to take place in Costa Rica: The Costa Rica Tour The event is scheduled for February 15 through the 19 next year and it was assigned with a category 2.2 the same as the classic “Vuelta a Costa Rica” that takes place every year in December, this year it falls between the 13 and 25 December. The organi...

Scientists have ranked 63 nations by the level of empathy demonstrated by their people, the data collected through an online survey included the answers of 104,365 adults in 63 different countries, the survey measured people’s compassion for others and their ability to identify with or understand another`s situation or point of view. Costa Rica ranked in the 9th position. The study, “Differenc...

Costa Rica hosted the sixth Freedom Online Conference on the future of the Coalition which gathered 30 governments working to advance Internet freedom and security, the respect of privacy and data transparency. The Conference was held October 17th and 18th, Costa Rica is the current Freedom Online Conference Chair. “Internet is a very powerful knowledge tool, and it must have all the condit...

The upcoming elections in the United States have generated a lot of controversy, and we’ve all heard different people stating they will move to Costa Rica or elsewhere should Trump or Hillary, (depending on each particular political preference), gets elected, some may say this just to say it or as a joke, but many actually mean it. Although this may come as good news to the Costa Rican real e...

Dental health is many times neglected and the reasons behind this are many, probably one of the most common reasons people don’t give the necessary importance to dental health is the fear of going to the dentist, many associate the dentist with pain and/or discomfort; and likely the second most common reason has to do with money, getting dental treatments depending on what you need can be pricey, ...

Recently 15 graduates of the Program of Local Indigenous Guides received their accreditation as local guides by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT); this thanks to the efforts of the Equal Gender Office, and the career of Sustainable Rural Tourism Management of the Technological Institute of Costa Rica (TEC). This was a process of three years of education and training in Talamanca, and it’s...