As Covid travel restrictions shut down the borders, people were laid off as jobs disappeared, but the flexibility and resilience of the Ticos came to the fore.
Costa Rican tourism companies face new uncertainty with the end of the high season for visitation paired with the ongoing effects of the coronavirus pandemic.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) this week issued updated travel advice for dozens of countries, but the U.S. health agency kept Costa Rica at its highest alert level.
Southwest Airlines on Friday officially announced its June return to Costa Rica, representing the Dallas-based carrier's first flights here since the coronavirus pandemic began.
