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Shopping Bags Beat the Beach for Chinese Tourists; Costa Rica Tourism Looking to Adapt
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Resting in a hotel that looks out over the sea and sunbathing on the sand is not what Chinese tourists seek in their holiday, a situation that hinders their attraction to the country.According...
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The City of Granada in Nicaragua Deemed the “Paris of Central America” by American Publication
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - For the second time in just over a month, a US newspaper highlights tourism in Nicaragua and positions it as the hot new destination for Central America.First there was an article published on December...
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Costa Rica Tourism Thrives With a 4% Increase in Visitors During 2014
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica received 2,526,817 tourists in 2014, representing a growth of 4.1 percent compared to 2013.According to the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), Americans represented 67.5 percent of entries, Europeans accounted for 16.5...
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Avianca Airlines Announces Lots of Changes, Including a Flight to New York
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Avianca airlines has suspended three flights going to Costa Rica from three different different countries: Mexico, Brazil and Chile. They will, however, be adding a new flight to New York.Alvaro Vargas, director of...
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Southwest Launches Cheap and Daily Direct Flights from Houston and Baltimore to Costa Rica Starting March 7th
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Getting to and from Costa Rica is getting easier and cheaper by the minute. The US carrier Southwest Airlines will now fly direct from Baltimore and Houston to Costa Rica starting March 7....
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Discovering New Depths with Divine Dolphins
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Our boat quickly found its synchronicity with the water, rising with the wave’s curling crescent, then dipping down into the trough. I felt the sun on my right cheek, right arm, right thigh, the...
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Dry Season Vacations Promise Adventure, Culture, and Great Weather
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - Costa Rica is the perfect destination for Americans in search for a place to escape the snowy, freezing temperatures of the winter. The dry season in the country starts around November, close to the...
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Condé Nast Names Costa Rica as One of the Top 10 Destination Wedding Locations for 2015
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) - This week Condé Nast Traveler pinned down the top locations in the world to have a destination wedding. Costa Rica made that top 10 list, placing at number 9.To acquire the most sought after...
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Is Costa Rica Old News in the Travel Industry? The Boston Globe Certainly Thinks So
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – In its report ‘Where to Visit in 2015’, The Boston Globe says that Nicaragua is the best destination to visit in Central America for 2015 and Costa Rica is already out of fashion.The...
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Costa Rica Beach Hotels are Filling Up Fast; Occupancy at 95% for the Holidays
The Costa Rica News (TCRN) – Costa Rica is experiencing record hotel occupancy, with beach hotels reaching 95 percent on average for the last week of the year, and mountain hotels attaining 87 percent of their booking capacity.The destinations...
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Pan American Health Organization Launches Interactive Dashboard on Avian Influenza in The Americas
To monitor cases of avian influenza A (H5N1) in the Americas, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) launched an...