COSTA RICA WAS RENOWNED AS ONE OF THE BEST TOURISM DESTINATIONS IN AMERICA

Costa Rica has received the first five acknowledgements this year from magazines and specialized media, which designated the country as one of the best destination in America, such as “WOW destination for 2012”, and the best destination in Central and South America.

According to the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT), Costa Rica received several acknowledgements for special media such as Travelzoo, Travel Weekly, Agent @ Home, "Vacation Agent and TravelPulse, considering our sustainable development, the quality of our services, the different adventure options and the preference from our tourists.

The Travelzoo on-line magazine, with more than 24 million subscriptions around the world, named Costa Rica as the Wow destination for year 2012.

Travel Weekly, one of the most influential magazines in the tourism industry, also named Costa Rica as the best destination in Central and South America in 2011, receiving the award Travel Weekly Readers Choice Awards.

Also, Costa Rica was acknowledged as the leisure leader destination according to the readers of Agent@ Home, Vacation Agent and Travel Pulse.

These awards motivate our tourism industry to continue promoting a sustainable development in tourism, the quality of service and the preservation of our natural resources.

It is a great honor that Costa Rica was renowned with 5 different awards, which differentiate our destination and our products. This is the result of years of effort that makes us improve our services each day more and more.

Tourism is the main economic activity in Costa Rica. In 2011 more than 2 million people visited our country and generated more than 2.000 million of dollars in revenue.