Participate in rural tourism in Costa Rica during your holiday

The majority of tourists that visit Costa Rica have opted to go to the places most striking and popular in the country, but the rural tourism has taken boom in recent times.

A new kind of tourism develops and extends throughout the country: Rural tourism, where promoting small and micro-enterprise sectors of the country that are far from major tourist hot spots.

These centers offer tourist activities involving the community and their economic activities, largely managed by families.

The Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) offers a certification for these businesses of rural tourism that formalizes its operations. The certification provides benefits with respect to the promotion of your business, credibility and the improvement of quality of service standards.

Although rural tourism is still an option that keeps the public skeptical still, according to data from the ICT in 2008 approximately 3.5% of the tourists who visited the country opted for experience in these centers, however the number has increased significantly, as the year 2012 this was 10.5%.

Currently in the country, there are some 21 tourist companies certified by the ICT, however the National Chamber of tourism community (CANTURURAL) has a few members 31.

Rural tourism has a direct impact with community development, the promotion of the history of the town and their economic activities. The arrival of tourists also obliges public institutions to offer better services to such areas.

For example, 50% of the associations surveyed claimed to have made efforts to improve dial-up, 48% has made negotiations and contributions to the improvement of roads, health services 43% and 36% has cooperated for the improvement of public education.

One of the benefits of rural tourism is the generation of employment, CANATURURAL indicated in prior information that this activity generates approximately 1500 jobs per year.

Rural areas away from the common and popular resorts are a great choice to live a unique experience during your vacation in the country.

Posted by Costa Developers

Costa Rica will be part of the Sea Trade Miami 2013

Cruises International Convention will be held in the city of Miami and Costa Rica will be part of this important event.

The ICT (Costa Rican Institute of tourism will be present at the most important event of the industry operators and destinations in the market of vessels of tourism which will be held in Miami next 12 to March 14, itself at the Miami Beach Convention Center Halls.

The participation of Costa Rica in this important event is show not only their participation and presence but also, through learning about the new interests of shipping lines and tourism operators to enable their demands to the market of tourism and maritime ports in Costa Rica can be involved.

The Sea Trade Miami is one of the activities of the industry's most important cruise in United States, it lasts three days and it vendors, executives, specialists and a 1000 companies that perform best in this country gather, entrepreneurs and decision makers for the recruitment and training of new routes of cruises.

During the fair there is a great media exposure and promotion. The hundreds of reporters and publicity of the tourism industry companies, inside which gives Costa Rica also the possibility of shine and make them known in a very wide market.

Event has been more than 28 times in the United States and from ago 10 editions Costa Rica participated consecutively, this has allowed him to enter in a way more strategic and solid to the cruise market.

By Costa Rica, there will be Exposition of Asuaire Trave and Swiss Travel Service who will be led by the ICT companies.

Currently in the country cruisers enter through the ports of boiler and lemon, both in highly attractive tourist sectors and that the conditions to offer the tourist an unforgettable experience.

Posted by Costa Developers