Tag: economy costa rica
Unemployment In Costa Rica Continues to Decline and Stands At 14.4%
Unemployment in Costa Rica maintains the downward trend shown in recent months and by November 2021 it stood at 14.4%, the state National Institute...
Big Data Could Help Tourism Recovery According to The World Tourism Organization
With the intention of improving tourism planning and management, the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) and the Asian Development Bank presented a report to take...
Recovery Process of the Costa Rican Economy Continues Firm
The recovery process of the Costa Rican economy continues firm. Economic activity grew at double-digit rates for the sixth consecutive month compared to the...
Space Sector in Costa Rica Seeks To Become Known Internationally
The space industry is in its golden age of world development and Costa Rica is ready to take advantage of the many opportunities and...
How Remote Working Has Impacted the Global Economy and the Environment
The growth of Remote Working is a reality at a global level. Even more so in times of pandemic, where confinement due to Covid-19...
Gen Z is Revolutionizing the Global Real Estate Market at Giant Strides
Gen Z have made a name for themselves by questioning the established systems previous generations have accepted as the norm. But, they do more...
What You Should Know About the Solution to Cryptocurrency Volatility
Several countries in Latin America are following the trend of virtual currencies. El Salvador adopted them as legal tender and in Panama recently, a...
Experts Advise Instilling the Habit of Saving and Exploring Future Investment Options
Every year, in Costa Rica, October is considered the month of savings; that is why the experts from the ACOBO Financial Group recommended taking...
Taxation Authorities in Costa Rica Develop Proposal To Tax Crypto Assets Such As Bitcoin
The General Directorate of Taxation of Costa Rica consulted the Union of Chambers and Associations of the Private Business Sector (Uccaep) a resolution in...
“In 5 Years, There Will Be a Shortage of Water and Food in the...
Everyone knows that the United States has made mistakes and yet it remains the world's most dynamic economy.
Guanacaste Will Expand Sustainable Electricity Network Thanks to the Bank of Costa Rica
New electric stations will be installed in the province, while Coopeguanacaste will supply communities with more renewable energy. Promoting the generation of clean energy...
Cruise Season Will Leave More Than 32 Million to Limón
The cruise season that will begin next Friday, November 12th in the national Caribbean will be a breath of air for Limón. It is...
Scotiabank Enables Apple Pay in Costa Rica
Scotiabank, a financial institution with 189 years of presence in the world and 26 years of operations in Costa Rica, today offers its customers:...
Ticos Will Have More Options to Start With “Business on Wheels”
The Economic Commission of the Costa Rican National Assembly approved a bill presented by Congressman Daniel Ulate, which promotes activities as an alternative for...
Costa Rica Highlights Robust Recovery with Arrival of Tourists from the United States
Costa Rica highlighted this week that the number of US tourists who arrived by air in September was 46,804, 93.3% of the amount registered...
Economic Activity Consolidates Recovery Driven by Free Trade Zones in Costa Rica
Costa Rican economic activity consolidates its recovery after the hit of the Covid-19 pandemic. The impulse mainly comes from the production of companies that...
Costa Rican Agricultural Sector Returns to International Fairs
After more than a year of not being able to attend in person the different international export promotion fairs, the agricultural sector of Costa...
Companies in the Middle East Are Looking For Latino Gastronomy Professionals
One year before the Qatar 2022 World Cup begins, companies in the Middle East are opening new jobs. Major food chains in Qatar, Dubai,...
Companies in Costa Rica must pay 1% tax on Medical Cannabis Profits
The deputies of the Costa Rican National Assembly Environmental Commission finished adjusting the text of the project that endorses the use of Medicinal Cannabis...
Most Relevant Findings of Worker Generations in Post-Covid19 Lifestyle
Covid-19 started as a health crisis and is evolving into an economic and social crisis that is dramatically and dramatically transforming the workforce. The...
iShop Costa Rica Announces it Will Receive Trade-in Used Apple Devices as Part of...
The iShop chain, a local distributor of Apple products in Costa Rica, will receive the buyer's current device (iPhone, iPad or Apple Watch) as...
Resonance Reinforces Law of Attraction for Digital Nomads to Costa Rica
Infrastructure provided by Wellness Resorts such as Resonance facilitate the development of the strategy for attracting digital nomads proposed in the country by providing...
Capacities for Bio-Business in Latin American Coffee Will Be Strengthened with Virtual Workshops
The Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) indicated, in a press release, that members of the coffee sector in Latin America and the...
Green Growth Program In Costa Rica Will Support 37 More SMEs With Non-Reimbursable Funds
At the close of the 7th edition of the Green Growth program, a total of 37 winners joined the green production transformation processes towards...
Central America and Its Economic Recovery from the Pandemic
To date, Panama and Costa Rica seem to be doing a good job in recent weeks in reducing the number of deaths from COVID-19,...
Attention Digital Nomads of the World: Costa Rica Awaits You with Open Arms
On September 1st of the current year, Law Number 10008 was finally put into effect in Costa Rica, called “Law to attract workers and...
Key Facts to know if you are Financially Prepared to Buy a House in...
If one of your resolutions for this year is to buy your own home in Costa Rica, the first thing you should focus on,...
Entrepreneurship in Biotechnology? Get to Know 7 Monetization Models for Your Business
Potential biotech entrepreneurs have a guide to help them find a business model that suits their business. In this way they will be able...
Sustainable Cultivation for Guanacaste Families is Promoted
Through the “Huertas Caseras” project, 63 families from seven Guanacaste communities will grow vegetables on their land for self-consumption and commercialization. The initiative of...
Avocado Will be the World’s Best-Selling Tropical Fruit by 2030
According to the OECD and FAO Agricultural Outlook 2021-2030 report, avocado will become the most commercialized tropical fruit in 2030, a year in which...
“Cluster” Program in Costa Rica Will Articulate Productive Sectors to Create More Jobs
In search of an alternative to promote the socioeconomic development of the country, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security (MTSS) presented the National...
Costa Rican Economic Sectors Must Foster the Use of Technology to Create Profitable Food...
To create more competitiveness and profitability in food systems, the agriculture, fisheries and rural sectors must focus on fostering the use of scientific and...
7% of New Public Employees must be of African Descent in Costa Rica
The Government of Costa Rica signed this Tuesday the "Law of affirmative actions in favor of Afro-descendant People." Among other provisions, it is established...
Network Marketing Continues to Grow in Costa Rica
Network marketing, known as direct sales, network marketing or multilevel, is the one to which companies that offer their products or services directly to...
Forest Owners Can Obtain Economic Incentive for Conservation in Costa Rica
Natural or legal persons that have at least one hectare of forest in Costa Rica, can request an economic incentive to conserve the vegetation...
Unemployment Decreases in Costa Rica during the Second Quarter of 2021
Costa Rica showed an unemployment rate in the second quarter of 2021 of 18.1 percent, slightly lower than the 18.7 percent reported between previous...
To Declare Costa Rica Free from Oil Exploration and Exploitation is the Goal
It is incredible how oil has invaded the lives of everyone in the world, you wonder why? Well, yes, it is present in the...
Agricultural Producers in Costa Rica Will Be Suppliers to National Exporting Companies
With the aim of becoming suppliers to other exporting companies, agricultural SMEs will be able to receive seed capital and technical assistance to improve...
Costa Rica, Your Best Option When Considering Working Remotely
Since before the arrival of COVID-19, Costa Rica has been captivating digital nomads, for its authenticity. However, after a year of Pandemic, the dynamics...
Costa Rica’s Exports Exceeded US$ 7.106 Million in the First Semester of 2021
Costa Rica’s exports in the first half of 2021 registered a year-on-year growth of 26%, the highest in the last 5 years. In total,...
