This weekend kicks off the San Jose Summer Arts Festival
Each  year  San Jose, Costa Rica showcases all of the cultural arts in the country by organizing a series of festivals related to the arts, it’s culture and it’s music. This festival is called: Festival de Verano Transitarte. The festival is spread out over the four large parks in the heart of San Jose. They are Parque Morazan, home to the Templo de Musica. The Jardin de Paz  and just across the street to the east is the Parque España. Finally, the …

 
According to Jose Ureña, President of the Federation of Surf, one of the main tasks of the National Circuit of Surf (CNS), is to promote surfing and surf towns to the national and international tourism during the dates of these championship events. To that affect, this weekend was a huge success for the community of Santa Teresa. The hotels, restaurants, surf shops, and souvenir shops all did very well. There were over 500 spectators comprised of national and international tourists. Many came just to see this event which affirms one …

Costa Rican Bulls Get Quite the Work Out Every January and February.
After the Fiestas Palmares are expected to go out with a bang this weekend, party goers won’t have to wait long, or at all, to find the next party destination in Costa Rica. As annual tradition goes, the first two months of the year are filled with fiestas patronales and civicas. The former are festivals in celebration of the patron saint of a town, while the latter are more of a bragging rights type town festival in which each …

Efforts to ease global impacts on local economies is producing some interesting results
In the midst of a global financial meltdown, authorities of the Central American Integration System (CAIS) have moved on to implement a series of changes in the region’s economy to confront the crisis.
CAIS has stated that the region will seek to create a regional currency as well as new laws and an investment infrastructure in order to prepare for the effects the economic crisis may have on the region.  The new provisions will also focus on Central America’s …

For many years Costa Rica Medical Tourism has demonstrated itself to be one of the top tourist destinations all over the world. The country is considered a mecca for nature tourists, with great diversity in wild animals and natural sites that made Costa Rica an excellent place for vacation. While more and more tourists come to the country because of its beautiful vistas and scenery, more and more are coming for Costa Rica medical tourism. In fact, a 1991 survey conducted by the University of Costa Rica concluded that 14.25% …