What is the Costa Rican culture like?
The culture is noticeably friendly and family oriented. The most definitive aspect of the Costa Rica culture is the people’s devotion to maintaining good relations with everybody. Costa Ricans begin and end every conversation with greetings and compliments to retain warm relations with everyone they meet. Having long called themselves “Ticos,” they are not offended if an outsider refers to them as such. The Ticos are a hard working people and are also highly literate, which makes for trustworthy working relationships.
