Medical tourism in Costa Rica has allowed the development of small and medium businesses.
The boom in medical tourism has not only allowed national economic development of large enterprises but also small and medium entrepreneurs who have found a niche in to begin with their marketing services.
Medical tourism represents a percentage of income or wealth distribution compared to other more productive sectors, so the cost is competitive.
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Policies that promote the Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad place the country among the best in the rational use of this resource.
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The rational use of electricity has become a struggle in Latin America, and the study revealed Intelligent Networks in Latin America of The Economic Commission for Latin America (ECLA). Where it is evident that much of the electricity is lost due to bad connections.
In this analysis three countries are placed in the first three places, with regard to demonstrating the efficiency in managing the electrical aspect. These countries are Chile, Paraguay and Costa Rica.
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Sustainable building is a new opportunity to promote more efficient construction developments
According to an interview to La República with Pietro Stagno from Luz de Piedra, he says environmentally sustainable or friendly buildings called the attention of businessmen and representatives of the sector. Buyers expressed more frequently interest in this type of techniques.
In addition to complying with the environmental commitment, the cost of an eco-friendly house is competitive relative to a normal one.
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The Central Pacific region of Costa Rica is the most visited touristy area of the region, find out why in this article
Jaco, Hermosa, Esterillos and Manuel Antonio are probably the most visited coastal places in Costa Rica. Many are the reasons why tourists come all year round to these beach towns.
First of all let’s talk about the weather; it never gets cold in Costa Rica, temperature is pretty stable and mostly warm and humid, between the 70 and 80 degree, hottest months are between February and May, when everybody takes advantage of the sun to enjoy a great day at the beach or have a pool party at home.
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The tourism industry keeps being the most important income for the Costa Rican economy
Tourism revenues totaled $809 million in the first quarter of this year, this is the highest amount recorded in a single quarter in the past 13 years, and it was 13% higher than in the same period in 2011.
Income by foreign direct investment, for its part, reached $504 million, 6% less than in the same period of 2011 and with a tendency to slowdown.
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Costa Rica got 504, 2 million dollars in direct foreign investment during the first quarter of 2012, representing an increase of 7.7% in comparison with the accumulated $ 468 million in the same period of 2011, an official source said today.
“This quarter revealed a pattern similar to the previous year, with a participation of foreign investment in telecommunications,” said in a statement the Costa Rican Minister of foreign trade, Anabel Gonzalez.
According to official data, the most active sector during the first quarter of 2012 was telecommunications with investments by $ 155 million for 31 per cent of the total, followed by the manufacturing 105, 8 million and tourism with 60.5 million, among others.
The greater amount of foreign investment came from United States with $ 277 million; second place is Mexico with 93 million dollars and third Spain with 91 million. Continue reading
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ICT search position target in corporate housing in Costa Rica
Corporate housing is growing in Costa Rica and represents a great opportunity for real estate investment in the country.
From 22 to 24 may, a delegation of 11 companies, mostly all inclusive resorts and other real estate in Costa Rica authorities led by the ICT (Costa Rican Institute of Tourism) participated in IMEX in Frankfurt, Germany. This fair is recognized worldwide as a specialized event of utmost importance for the promotion of the segment of meetings, incentives and congresses (MICE for its acronym in English).
Only in 2011, more than 52 thousand tourists visited our country on the basis of seminars, congresses and conventions, all of these represent a great chance for those who would think about real estate investment in Costa Rica.
To the Minister of tourism, Allan Flores, the participation of Costa Rica constitutes a very important action in the intense promotion that the country requires to position this niche, which will be strengthened with the development of the National Centre for congresses and conventions of Costa Rica. Continue reading
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The Government of Japan donated nine million dollars for the protection of its properties where national parks are located in Costa Rica and to combat forest land fires, an official source said.
State Instituto Costarricense de Turismo (ICT) and the Ministry of environment and energy (Minae) announced the donation in a statement and said that the money will be used for “the protection of national parks and protected wild land”. “In addition to improving the conditions of the different areas of conservation and national parks, will invest resources in the acquisition of computer tip, primarily to combat forest fires,” the bulletin said.
Among others, Manuel Antonio National Park on the Pacific coast and one of the most visited in the country, where will be invested in the construction of trails and the improvement of various services for tourists will benefit. Continue reading
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According to the Trafficking in Persons Report (TIP) 2012, the US State Department has removed Costa Rica from its blacklist of countries for people trafficking. The report was presented yesterday by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
“These victims of modern slavery are women and men, girls and boys, and their stories remind us of what kind of inhumane treatment we are still capable of as human beings,” said Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.
Legally in Costa Rica, many advances have been completed in this area, such as Article 172 which stipulates from 8 to 16 years of incarceration for criminal groups that commit human trafficking in cases in which the victim is a minor or in a position of susceptibility or disability or when any form of violence, intimidation or coercion has taken place.
Organizations such as OIJ, INAMU, the Coalition Against Smuggling of Migrants and Trafficking (CNCTIMTP) and the International Organization for Migration (OIM) are some of the institutions in charge of preventing, prosecuting and working against this issue. Continue reading
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The Migration General Direction opened its doors for foreigners in Costa Rica to regularize their status through four transient that seek to improve the status of those residing in the country in irregular status.
Gladys Jimenez, Executive Director, mentioned that the first of these transient began to govern from May 17th of this year and is aimed at people with a category of temporary or permanent resident who them has expired your certificate since 2003.
This first transitional does not apply to persons who have criminal background with crimes committed in the last ten years, who have made an application for suspension of residence or who have remained outside the country for the period of more than a year.
To change their status, should be made by the normal regularization process which includes canceling an amount around $98 to $123 and $3 more for each month of expired documents. Continue reading
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