Area hotel owners and guides say a lack of resources for law enforcement and insufficient response from the Costa Rican Tourism Board could damage the scenic Caribbean destination's reputation with visitors.
The mayor of the provincial capital of Liberia announced today that a Disney theme park would be built in Costa Rica's northwestern province of Guanacaste in 2014 or 2015. But a Disney spokeswoman said the rumor is "false."
A $560 million loan over the next 40 years will hopefully bring Costa Rica closer to its goal to generate 95 percent of its electricity with renewable resources.
More than 60 percent of Ticos said that someone would take advantage of them, given the chance, but almost as many said they would pay more in taxes to help those in need.
Roma and Luda Gimelfarb have visited Costa Rica annually for the past four years to search for their son, David, who disappeared in 2009. This year, they were met with a $250,000 extortion attempt by would-be kidnappers claiming to have David.
For years, tourism has been the engine of the Costa Rican economy. However, the industry is currently facing several challenges that compromise its growth...
Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health dropped a significant update over the weekend, spotlighting the ongoing yellow fever situation across the Americas and unveiling fresh...
Poás Volcano erupted twice on Sunday, producing a plume that rose 300 meters above the crater, according to the Volcanological and Seismological Observatory (OVSICORI)....
