Tourism in Costa Rica has been one of the fastest growing economic sectors of the country^[2] and by 1995 became the largest foreign exchange earner.^[3][4] Since 1999, tourism has earned more foreign exchange than bananas, pineapples and coffee exports combined.^[5] The tourism boom began in 1987,^[3] with the number of visitors up from 329,000 in 1988, through 1.03 million in 1999, over 2 million in 2008, to a historical record of 2.66 million foreign visitors in 2015.^[6][7] In 2012, tourism contributed with 12.5% of the country'sGDP and it was responsible for 11.7% of direct and indirect employment.^[8] In 2009, tourism attracted 17% offoreign direct investment inflows, and 13% in average between 2000 and 2009.^[9] In 2010, the tourism industry was responsible for 21.2% of foreign exchange generated by all exports.^[10] According to a 2007 report byECLAC, tourism contributed to a reduction in poverty of 3% in the country.^[9]

Since the late 1980s,Costa Rica became a popular nature travel destination, and its main competitive advantage is its well-established system ofnational parks andprotected areas,^[11] covering around 23.4% of the country's land area,^[12] the largest in the world as a percentage of the country's territory,^[13][14] and home to a rich variety offlora andfauna, in a country that has only 0.03% of the world's landmass, but that is estimated to contain 5% of the world'sbiodiversity.^[15][16] The country also has plenty of beaches, both in thePacific Ocean and theCaribbean Sea, within short travel distances, and also severalvolcanoes that can be visited with safety. By the early 1990s, Costa Rica became known as theposter child ofecotourism,^[16] with tourist arrivals reaching an average annual growth rate of 14% between 1986 and 1994.^[3][17]

According to theCosta Rican Tourism Board, 47% of international tourists visiting the country in 2009 engaged in activities related to ecotourism, which includestrekking, flora, fauna, andbird watching, andvisits to rural communities. However, most visitors look foradventure activities.^[18]

Yearly tourist arrivals in millions^[19][20]

Costa Rica stands as the most visited nation in the Central American region, with 3.14 million foreign visitors in 2019. During the same year, El Salvador was ranked second in the region with 1.77 million, followed by Panama and Guatemala with 1.75 million visitors each.^[21]

The number of tourists visiting Costa Rica surpassed the 2 million milestone in 2008, and tourist-related income reachedUS$2.1 billion that year.^[22] As a result of theGreat Recession, international arrivals began falling since August 2008, as the number of U.S. citizens visiting the country shrank, and this market segment represented 54% of all foreign tourists visiting Costa Rica.^[23]

The combined effect of the global economic crisis and the2009 flu pandemic resulted in a reduction of tourists arrivals in 2009 to 1.9 million visitors, an 8% reduction as compared to 2008.^[33] In 2010, the number of visitors rose to 2.1 million, barely exceeding the 2008 peak,^[10] and a record was reached in 2012 with 2.34 million visitors, a 6.9% increase over 2011.^[25]

A historical record of 2.5 million international visitors arrived in the country in 2014, up 4.1% year-on-year, and the corresponding receipts rose toUS$2.636 billion in 2014, up 8.3% from the previous year.^[24] In addition, the average expenditure per tourist increased fromUS$1,171 in 2010 toUS$1,431 in 2014, and the average stay increased from 11 days in 2010 to 13.4 in 2014.^[7] Costa Rica achieved new records in 2016 with 2.93 million visitors and total earnings ofUS$3.716 billion.^[32] The country finally reached the 3 million tourists' milestone in 2018.

In terms of the 2017Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), Costa Rica reached the 38th place in the world ranking, classified as the fourth most competitive amongLatin American countries after Mexico (22), Brazil (27) and Panama (35), and ranking sixth in theAmericas.^[34] Just considering the subindex measuring natural resources, Costa Rica ranks in the 3rd place at a worldwide level, 21st in the world when considering international openness criteria, and 24th worldwide when considering the subindex measuring prioritization of travel and tourism. The 2017 TTCI report also notes Costa Rica's main weaknesses are price competitiveness (108th) and ground and port infrastructure (99th), with quality of the roads ranking 123th and ground transport efficiency 108th between 138 countries analyzed.

In 2012, most visitors came from theUnited States (39.3%),Nicaragua (20.2%),Canada (6.5%),Panama (3.9%), andMexico (2.9%).^[35] Tourists fromNorth America andEuropean countries made up 60.8% of all international visitors, and visitors fromCentral America represented 30.8%.^[35] According to a 2006 survey, visitors from theCaribbean Basin andSouth America travel to Costa Rica mainly for business or professional purposes, while a majority of Americans, Canadians and Europeans visit the country for leisure. Word of mouth from friends and family, with an average of 58%, was the leading reason for visiting Costa Rica for vacations and leisure. The main visitor's complaint is the poor condition of the roads.^[5]

Top 30 visitor arrivals by country of origin in 2018[36]
Ranking	Country of origin	Visitor arrivals 2018	% Yearly growth	Ranking	Country of origin	Visitor arrivals 2018	% Yearly growth
1	United States	1,265,067	5.5	16	Netherlands	32,561	7.4
2	Nicaragua	416,915	-3.0	17	Italy	29,171	0.4
3	Canada	217,006	7.5	18	Switzerland	28,884	13.7
4	Mexico	98,918	-7.4	19	Brazil	22,329	3.9
5	Panama	92,802	-11.4	20	Chile	18,297	35.5
6	El Salvador	76,937	-5.1	21	China	15,249	12.0
7	Germany	74,574	5.1	22	Peru	14,865	12.1
8	United Kingdom	74,338	-2.4	23	Israel	14,359	-1.3
9	France	74,032	6.1	24	Belgium	12,381	0.9
10	Spain	68,634	-1.2	25	Australia	11,159	-9.4
11	Guatemala	65,633	-15.9	26	Sweden	11,117	11.3
12	Colombia	46,723	-2.6	27	India	8,236	11.1
13	Argentina	40,832	31.8	28	Austria	8,089	5.2
14	Honduras	38,135	-5.4	29	Denmark	6,574	7.4
15	Venezuela	33,197	-17.6	30	Japan	6,460	8.5
Visitor arrivals by region of origin in 2018 (Top 4)
1	North America	1,580,991	4.8	3	Europe	480,102	3.9
2	Central America	691,386	-6.0	4	South America	190,413	5.0

Tourists in Costa Rica by Nationality (2020–2024)

Rank	Country	2024	2023	2022	2021	2020
1	United States	1,621,340	1,473,620	1,290,038	868,986	434,775
2	Canada	272,256	260,744	183,678	53,185	115,632
3	Mexico	96,129	85,674	59,786	36,621	20,603
4	Nicaragua	95,799	94,083	78,473	27,634	123,956
5	Germany	86,571	91,511	79,701	34,700	28,821
6	France	76,685	74,484	65,411	32,199	35,267
7	United Kingdom	74,647	77,376	77,810	18,048	24,623
8	Spain	59,201	59,242	58,376	41,857	14,801
9	Guatemala	45,567	43,075	30,991	15,638	18,549
10	Netherlands	36,638	37,464	34,518	10,784	10,421
11	Colombia	31,361	29,267	25,547	14,919	11,254
12	Argentina	28,736	28,564	20,476	8,868	10,571
13	El Salvador	28,258	31,849	28,173	12,300	10,571
14	Switzerland	26,541	29,429	29,766	21,643	20,898
15	Italy	21,832	21,391	18,089	9,061	8,936
16	Brazil	21,484	21,249	15,878	11,864	6,466
17	Chile	19,340	20,164	15,317	5,200	6,487
18	Honduras	18,710	20,505	18,733	7,436	10,171
19	Peru	15,852	17,179	17,163	5,996	4,029
20	India	14,575	11,153	6,997	2,925	2,146
—	Others	227,961	223,111	194,616	141,544	92,935
—	Total	2,919,483	2,751,134	2,349,537	1,347,055	1,011,912

^[37]

The following table presents a comparison of Costa Rica's tourism industry performance with selected countries from theCaribbean Basin andSouth America, includingBahamas,Cuba, and several of the top tenLatin American countries according to their 2013Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Index (TTCI), which are competitors in the nature travel market segment.

Selected Caribbean and Latin American countries	Internl. tourist arrivals 2012[31] (×1000)	Internl. tourism receipts 2012[31] (million USD)	Receipts per arrival 2012 (col 2)/(col 1) (USD)	Arrivals per capita per 1000 pop. (estimated) 2007[22][38]	Receipts per capita 2005[39] USD	Revenues as % of exports goods and services[26] 2003	Tourism revenues as % GDP[8][26] 2012	% Direct & indirect employment in tourism[8][26] 2012	World Ranking Tourism Compet.[8] TTCI 2013	Index value TTCI[8] 2013
Bahamas(1)	1,419	2,367	1,668	4,616	6,288	74.6	34.1	68.7	n/d	n/d
Barbados	536	916	1,709	1,956	2,749	58.5	42.7	41.9	27	4.88
Brazil	5,677	6,645	1,170	26	18	3.2	8.9	8.1	51	4.37
Chile	3,554	2,201	619	151	73	5.3	8.4	8.0	56	4.29
Colombia	2,175	2,351	1,081	26	25	6.6	5.1	5.5	84	3.90
Costa Rica	2,343	2,425	1,035	442	343	17.5	12.5	11.7	47	4.44
Cuba(1)	2,688	2,283	849	188	169	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d	n/d
Dominican Republic	4,563	4,549	997	408	353	36.2	14.7	13.6	86	3.88
Jamaica	1,986	2,043	1,029	628	530	49.2	25.7	23.8	67	4.08
Mexico	23,403	12,739	544	201	103	5.7	12.4	13.7	44	4.46
Panama	1,606	2,259	1,406	330	211	10.6	10.1	9.6	37	4.54
Peru	2,846	2,657	933	65	41	9.0	9.1	7.8	73	4.00
Uruguay	2,695	2,076	770	525	145	14.2	10.2	9.7	59	4.23

• Notes:Green shadow denotes the country with the top indicator.Yellow shadow corresponds to Costa Rica's.
  (1) Visitors and receipts for Cuba correspond to 2011. For Bahamas tourism revenues as % GDP are for 2003, and direct and indirect employment for 2005.

Ecotourism is extremely popular with the many tourists visiting the extensivenational parks andprotected areas around the country. Costa Rica was a pioneer in this type of tourism and the country is recognized as one of the few with real ecotourism.^[16] In 2006, 54% international tourists visited national parks or protected areas, visiting at least two such natural refuges, and it goes up to three for European visitors.^[40]

In recent years, several of Costa Rica's top travel service providers have been internationally recognized for their commitment to planet-positive tourism. Examples includeNature Air^[41] and Hotel Punta Islita^[42] as winners of the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, sponsored by theWorld Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), and Lapa Rios Ecolodge^[43] as winner of theRainforest Alliance Sustainable Standard-Setter.

Implemented in 1996 and inspired by a similar program developed in Europe in 1985,^[44] the"Bandera Azul Ecológica" (Ecological Blue Flag) Program is intended to promote development while curbing the negative impacts of mass tourism by helping the local community to work against pollution and protecting the environment. The program evaluates the environmental quality of coastal areas, in terms of the quality of the beaches and sea water, access and quality of drinking water, water and waste management, security, and environmental education. Depending on the degree of compliance against the optimal criteria established, a certain number of stars are awarded to the Blue Flag.^[45]

After the first evaluation, ten beaches were awarded the distinction, which usually is highly publicized to potential visitors.^[46] In 2008, based on the evaluation carried out in 2007, 59 beaches kept the distinction while eight beaches lost it.^[45][47] In 2009, out of 81 applicants, only 61 beaches won the distinction, and just two obtained the maximum 5 stars, Playa Blanca in Punta Leona and Playa Langosta inSanta Cruz.^[48]

Developed in 1997 by theCosta Rican Tourism Board, the public agency responsible for tourism development and regulation in the country, a voluntary Certification for Sustainable Tourism Program (known as CST) was introduced in order to turn "the concept of sustainability into something real" by "improving the way in which the natural and social resources are utilized, to motivate the active participation of the local communities, and to support the competitiveness of the business sector."^[3] The program was aimed for all types of businesses in the tourism industry, but it began only with lodging providers. By 2007, a total of 108 parameters are considered for the CST evaluation.^[49]

CST hopes to encourage businesses to become sustainable in a variety of ways, including using recycled products, implementing water and energy saving devices, properly disposing and treating waste, conserving and expanding Costa Rica's forests, and developing better systems of information management.^[50] As of October 2009, out of approximately 3,000 hotels and tours operators,^[51] only 105 have a Certification for Sustainable Tourism.^[52] Some tour operators in the U.S. and Europe promote several small hotels that hold this certification through their travel packages.^[53]

Costa Rica is a beautiful country with lots of educational opportunities. One opportunity is to learn about the history of oxcarts.  In 2005, Costa Rica’s oxcarts with beautiful colors and designs were recognized by UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) and declared them to be an Intangible World Heritage.^[54] You can learn about these oxcarts and how they transformed from symbols of Spanish colonization to a treasured symbol featured in most holidays and celebrations.

Another educational opportunity is Museo Nacional de Costa Rica. This museum will enlighten you on the lifestyle of ancient cultures through artifacts and carvings recovered over time. Some of the artifacts show a glimpse of the rituals and celebrations that took place in Costa Rica hundreds of years ago.^[55] In addition to the artifacts there is information about some of Costa Rica’s political history including involvement in Civil Wars and its well-known Presidents.

Costa Rica was listed byEthicaltraver.org in "The Developing World's 10 Best Ethical Destinations" for 2011 and 2012. These lists were complied using metrics such as environmental protection, social welfare, and human rights.^[56]

Costa Rica was absent from the list for several years becauseWorld Vision considered the country among the world's most notorious destinations forhuman trafficking and sexual predators. Ethical Traveler included Costa Rica on the 2011 list due to the government's efforts to address the problem.^[57]

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TheCamino de Costa Rica is a 280-kilometre (170 mi) long hiking trail acrossCosta Rica. It runs from theAtlantic Ocean (Caribbean coast), the southernmost part of the Tortuguero Canals, up the mountain and through indigenous territory near theBarbilla National Park and through valleys and mountain ranges of the central region of the country, just south of theTurrialba andIrazu Volcanos and through theLos Santos coffee region down to thePacific coast inQuepos. By 2018, the rural population had declined from 40% inhabitants (2000) to 27% inhabitants, poverty at 25% was significantly higher than among the urban population, and income was more than 40% lower. These sobering facts as well as other factors such as level of education, unemployment and underemployment in rural areas gave rise to the NGO, the Asociación Mar a Mar in year 2016.  The aim of the Camino de Costa Rica is to establish a world class long-distance trail and through its success in bringing hikers from all over the world, to improve the economic situation in the rural areas of Costa Rica.

Most of the main attractions are nature related, a combination ofecotourism withleisure andadventure activities: sun, sea and sand (55%);flora andwildlife watching (44%); visitingvolcanoes (43%);trekking (41%);bird watching (30%);canopy tours (26%);bungee jumping from bridges (11%);surfing (11%);snorkeling (10%); andrafting (7%). Cultural activities such as visitingmuseums,art galleries andtheaters corresponds to 11%, andbusiness travel corresponds to 17%.^[40]

Seven Costa Ricanresorts were included in the 2012Condé Nast Traveler Readers' Choice Awards, ranking among the top fifteen resorts in Central and South America. The resorts are Xandari Resort and Spa (2),Four Seasons Resort Costa Rica atPeninsula Papagayo (3), Hotel Punta Islita (8), El Silencio Lodge and Spa (9), Los Sueños Marriott Ocean and Golf Resort (11), Arenas del Mar (12) and the Westin Playa Conchal, Resort and Spa at Playa Conchal (15). The award selection is based on surveys among the magazine's subscribers, who evaluate the resort's quality of rooms, service, food, location, design, and activities.^[58][59] Two hotels were also chosen by the magazine readers among the top five in Central America: Hotel Grano de Oro (3) inSan José and Hotel Villa Caletas (4) inPuntarenas Central Pacific.^[60]

In 2009 more than 1.2 million tourists visited national parks and protected wild reserves, up from 812 thousand visitors in 2000 and 510 thousand in 1990. Since 2003 slightly more than half the visitors are international tourists. The most visited parks areManuel Antonio,Tortuguero,Cahuita, and the parks around the volcanoesPoás,Arenal andIrazú.^[61]

Other favorite national parks and wild reserves are:

• Cocos Island,UNESCO World Heritage Site, ranked among the final top 77 nominees in the contest to choose the world'sNew 7 Wonders of Nature.^[1][62]
• Area de Conservación Guanacaste,UNESCO World Heritage Site,
• La Amistad International Park,UNESCO World Heritage Site, BorderCosta Rica-Panama
• Corcovado National Park
• Chirripó National Park
• Tapantí National Park
• Braulio Carrillo National Park
• La Selva Biological Station,Organization for Tropical Studies (private reserve)
• Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve,Monteverde,Puntarenas (private reserve)

• Poás Volcano atPoas Volcano National Park,Alajuela.
• Irazú Volcano atIrazu National Park,Cartago.
• Arenal Volcano atArenal National Park,Alajuela.
• Turrialba Volcano, atTurrialba Volcano National Park,Cartago.
• Tenorio Volcano National Park, where the popularRio Celeste (Light Blue River) is located,Guanacaste.
• Rincón de la Vieja atRincón de la Vieja Volcano National Park,Guanacaste.

SeeList of beaches of Costa Rica

• Manuel Antonio Beach atManuel Antonio National Park, was listed byForbes in 2011 among the world's 12 most beautiful national parks.^[63]
• Cahuita Beach atCahuita National Park,Limón
• Puerto Viejo de Talamanca,Limón
• Manzanillo Beach,Limón
• Gandoca Beach,Limón
• Tamarindo Beach,Guanacaste
• Playa Junquillal,Guanacaste
• Flamingo Beach,Guanacaste
• Conchal Beach,Guanacaste
• Jaco Beach,Puntarenas
• Herradura Beach,Puntarenas
• Montezuma Beach,Puntarenas
• Zancudo Beach,Puntarenas

Elected in 2007 by Costa Ricans through an open contest organized by a leading newspaper as the "7 natural wonders of Costa Rica",^[64] these natural sites are among the most popular destinations by both foreign and domestic tourists, with the exception ofCocos Island, which it is not easily accessed, because it is located in thePacific Ocean, approximately 550 km (340 mi) from the Pacific shore of Costa Rica.

• 7 natural wonders of Costa Rica
• 
  1.Cocos Island (Spanish:Isla del Coco)
• 
  2.Arenal Volcano (Spanish:Volcán Arenal)
• 
  3.Chirripo Mountain (Spanish:Cerro Chirripó)
• 
  4.Celeste River (Spanish:Río Celeste)
• 
  5.Tortuguero Canals (Spanish:Canales de Torguero)
• 
  6.Poás Volcano (Spanish:Volcán Poás)
• 
  7.Monteverde Reserve (Spanish:Reserva Monteverde)

• Sarchí,Alajuela, for shoppingsouvenirs and typical products, including the popularCosta Rican ox carts.
• INBioparque, Instituto Nacional de Biodiversidad,Santo Domingo de Heredia.
• Lankester Botanical Garden,Cartago.
• Orosí Colonial Church andUjarrás historical site,Cartago.
• Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Angeles, (Basilica of Our Lady of the Angels),Cartago.
• Guayabo arqueologichal site,Turrialba,Cartago.
• Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica (National Theater),San José.
• Teatro Popular Melico Salazar (Popular Theater),San José.
• Centro Nacional de Arte y Cultura (National Center of Arts and Culture),San José.
• Museo Nacional de Costa Rica (National Museum),San José.
• Museo de Oro de Costa Rica Precolombino (Pre-Columbian Gold Museum),Central Bank of Costa Rica,San José.
• Museo de Jade, (Jade Museum),Instituto Nacional de Seguros enSan José.
• Museo Filatélico de Costa Rica (Philately Museum)
• Museo Juan Santamaría enAlajuela
• Museo de los Niños, (Children Museum),San José.
• Parque Zoológico Nacional Simón Bolívar, (National Zoo),San José.
• Camino de Costa Rica (hiking trail across the country, from the Atlantic to the Pacific coast)

Costa Rica, together withCuba,Mexico,Panama,Colombia,Brazil, andChile, is among theLatin America countries that have become popular destinations formedical tourism.^[65][66] In 2009 Costa Rica received 30,000 international tourists seeking for medical treatment, and spent aroundUS$250 million. Most medical travelers came from the United States and Canada.^[67] During 2010, the number of patients rose to 36,000 international tourists, with 40% of them receiving dental care services.^[68] In 2011, that number continued to rise, eventually reaching 46,474.^[69]

Costa Rica is particularly attractive to American tourists because of its proximity and short flight, the quality of medical services and its health care system, and lower medical costs.^[66][70] The country has 20 medical centers, including small clinics and private hospitals, with international certification, including two hospitals accredited by theJoint Commission International.^[67][70]

American tourists prefer Costa Rica, together with Mexico and Panama, fordental services orcosmetic surgeries. Costa Rica offers 30% to 50% savings as compared to U.S. costs for quality dental and cosmetic surgery services, and is attractive for those U.S. citizens without health insurance or seeking procedures not covered by their health insurance plans.^[65][71] Foreign patients also find lower-priced nonsurgical procedures and tests, as an example, amagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in Costa Rica costs from $200 to $300, compared to more than $1,000 in the United States.^[65] In average medical costs are 70% lower than in the U.S.^[67] Due to the country's natural attractions, many health tourists combine their treatment withecotourism and offer an opportunity to their family or companions to be entertained while the patient undergoes the medical procedure.^[66]

In many beach areas, but especially in the towns ofTamarindo andJacó, areal estate boom took place when many foreigners from developed countries began buyingbeachfront properties and building holiday and vacation houses and condominiums. These developments completely changed the life style in these towns, and property prices are now so high that it became prohibitive for Costa Ricans to own beach front properties.^[16] Also, the lack of planning for these developments is having a negative social impact on small communities, as in some cases they are forced to move to places with less adequate infrastructure and where not enough job opportunities exist.^[72]

Also there have been isolated controversies regarding the site location and construction ofhotels andbeach resorts invading the 50 metres (160 ft) protected maritime public zone; also a case of one hotel located within a protected area; and a few cases of resort development with severe negative impacts to existing flora and fauna, by dumping construction wastes damagingcoral reefs or fillingmangroves.^[16] As a result of these and other similar controversies, the Environment Law 7554 was passed in 1995 to require environmental impact studies before a hotel or any other development is authorized to begin construction.^[73]

Another source of pollution is due to dumping untreated sewage into rivers that feed into the beach towns. In 2007 the Constitutional Court order the national and 34 local governments to stop dumping sewage into theRío Grande de Tárcoles, to restore the watershed to its unpolluted condition and to adopt an integrated solution to the wastewater problem.^[74] Towns such asJacó where tourism and real estate development has grown ten-fold since 2004 suffered from backlash in September 2008 when the government blamed the local government ofGarabito for high levels of bacteria on the beach.^[75]

More recently, controversy took place with the construction of the Sardinal-El Coco-Ocotal aqueduct by private developers, as the community ofSardinal protested violently because they fear that scarce drinking water will be diverted for the tourism developments whose owners are financing the pipeline.^[76] As of May 2008, construction works were stopped by order of the local municipality.^[77] Developers and the government authorities have explained the aqueduct is public, and that it will benefit not only the tourism developments but also the surrounding communities.^[78][79] Controversy still persists regarding the real capacity of the Sardinal aquifer.

The rapid growth of tourism also has the consequence of the country becoming a popular destination forsex tourism.^{[80][81][82][83]} Despite the government and industry efforts,child sex trade has become a problem.^[84][85] A study estimated that "up to 10% of tourists who come to Costa Rica engage in sex tourism", with as many as 10,000 sex workers involved, many of whom are immigrants.^[86][87] Also it was reported that about 80% of the sex tourists are from theUS.^[88] This is largely becauseprostitution is notillegal but many of the activities surrounding it are indeed illegal,^[89] such aspimping.^[90][91]

A panoramic view from the summit of theIrazú Volcano.

• Ecotourism in Costa Rica
• Guayabo archeological site
• Islands of Costa Rica
• List of airports in Costa Rica
• List of museums in Costa Rica
• National Parks of Costa Rica
• Visa policy of Costa Rica

Wikivoyage has a travel guide forCosta Rica.

• Costa Rica Travel Guide
• Manuel Antonio Park Travel Guide | Park Information Center

• Costa Rica,Condé Nast Traveler
• Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) official web site
• Costa Rica's Certification in Sustainable Tourism Program
• Costa Rica National Parks
• Costa Rica Hotels & Resorts - Condé Nast Traveler Gold List 2014
• Costa Rica Guide,National Geographic
• New York Times Travel Guides: Costa Rica
• In Search of ‘Wild’ Costa Rica,The New York Times, 10 April 2014.

• Tourism in Costa Rica
• Tourism in Central America by country

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