Costa Rica ranks as the ‘Greenest’ country in world and has made a commitment to be totally carbon neutral by 2021. It ranked first amongst the Americas in 2010 for its environmental performance index.
Costa Rica celebrates its independence from Spain on 15th of September each year.
Most of Costa Rica’s economic growth was due to Coffee exports to Europe.
The local currency is the ‘Colon’ which trades at 507 Colones to the US dollar and 705 colones to the Euro.
In recent years the countries highest income levels have been earned from tourism. Ever since 1999 tourism earned more foreign currency than all of the countries cash crops combined.
Costa Rica recibes more visiting tourists than any other Central American country. In 2008 there were over 2 million visitors translating to an income for the country of over 2 billion US dollars.
The health care system in Costa Rica is ranked very highly with the average life expectancy being 79 years.
General education and literacy rates are one of the highest in the world.
As Costa Rica rises as a true Eco Tourism destination so does its tourist income and in step so does the demand for Costa Rica real estate.
Costa Rica is still in its early stages of development but has taken on board mistakes made by other countries. It has set is path and seems determined to remain a beautiful country with an abundance a unspoiled natural beauty.