What are the Steps of Purchasing Real Estate in Costa Rica? • So what about special circumstances?
What is Costa Rica like? The top revenue generator in the Costa Rican economy is tourism. In 1999 more than a million visitors entered Costa Rica. Costa Rica is the birthplace of the term eco-tourism. Tourists come to Costa Rica to surf, bird watch, fish for big game fish such as sailfish or blue or black marlin, snorkel around coral reefs, track up the slopes of active volcanoes, go white water rafting, watch nesting turtles, go on jungle canopy tours, go horseback riding through trails in national parks or go four-wheeling on secluded dirt roads. Costa Rica has always had a forward looking government. In 1955 Costa Rica took the far-sighted measure of protecting its natural assets when a 1.2 mile ban around every volcanic crater was declared a national park. Today Costa Rica’s national conservation area system (NISAC) covers over 125 areas – national parks, reserves, and refuges – comprising roughly 27% of the national territory. The entrance fee for all national parks is $6.
