Costa Rica has become one of the world’s leading retirement destinations. It is a unique tropical retirement paradise which offers lots of great outdoor sports, stunning scenery with sun-soaked shores and beautiful beaches and spectacular mountains. Add to all this a peaceful nation with this political stability, fantastic year-round pleasant weather and excellent education and healthcare and it is easy to see why Costa Rica has become tops on the list of expatriate and Baby Boomer havens.

Costa Rica has a marvellous subtropical climate. With pleasant year-round temperatures, there is always something to do outside. Great deep-sea fishing, world-class scuba diving, and bird watching are all readily available in different regions of the country. Costa Rica is also home to ideal waters for surfing, white water rafting and kayaking not to mention the many beautiful beaches.. There are plenty of championship-designed golf courses with unparalleled scenery.

There are few countries where a visitor can enjoy true natural wonders from coast to coast. This ecological playground is comprised of seven provinces which are home to a variety of microclimates and astonishing natural wonders: mountain ranges, rainforests, active volcanoes with thermal waters, and cloud forests.

With 26% of its land officially zoned as protected territory, Costa Ricans take much pride in maintaining the natural beauty that has brought the country fame. With a goal of achieving complete carbon neutrality by 2021, Costa Rica is at the forefront of the environmental movement.

Despite its small size of just 51,000km², Costa Rica is home to an astonishing 3% of the planet’s biodiversity and 3.5% of the world’s marine life. Costa Rica boasts a variety of fascinating creatures and remarkable lush vegetation. Over 450 bird species, 283 species of mammals and several rare species such as the tiny red frog have made Costa Rica one of the most biologically diverse countries in the world. The variety of tropical flora and fauna is also a delight with over 100 varieties of tropical orchids.

Healthcare in Costa Rica is world-class with doctors who have been trained in the USA or Europe. A excellent educational system exists for those retirees who bring children under the age of 18 or want to continue their education. Costa Rica enjoys the region’s highest standard of living, with a per capita income of about U.S. $10,569 and a 95% literacy rate.

Each year, more and more retirees are attracted to its shores to experience an unmatched quality of life, low cost of living and “Garden of Eden” features. Costa Rica is an excellent alternate for those seeking a property to use as a second home or retirement home with many of the first-class amenities at a fraction of the cost. This is why Costa Rica is becoming an attractive option for those seeking tranquility, peace, and harmony.

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Costa Rica has caught many eyes as a hot tourist spot but also as a great place to purchase real estate. With so much public attention and a vast number of tourists visiting Costa Rica every year, the country offers a great environment investing in Costa Rica real estate.

Its attractive lifestyle has drawn countless thousands of Costa Rica real estate buyers in recent years, seeking their own slice of a Central American paradise that enjoys the region’s most stable government and a bounty of natural delights that includes enchanting rainforests, majestic mountains, and countless virgin beaches among rocky bluffs, enclosed by numerous peninsulas and bays of unsurpassed scenic beauty.

The country benefits from a startling diversity of the terrain, which soars from mangrove lowlands on the Caribbean coasts to the heights of the 11,260-foot Irazu Volcano. Along the way, rainforests is full with all sorts of exotic life. Costa Rica devotes a larger portion of its natural territory to parkland than any other country in the world. The country covers 0.03% of the planet’s surface and has the privilege to be habitat of 6% of the world biodiversity.

Costa Rica is geographically well situated in the middle of the Americas and can be reached easily from most U.S. cities. Every day, there are approximately 30 different passenger flights from Costa Rica to the US and Canada. Additionally, 60 weekly direct flights are scheduled to other destinations in Central America, South America and Europe.

As one of the oldest democracies in the Americas, Costa Rica has established political and social stability. The 2008 World Bank Study for Global Governance Indicators ranked Costa Rica in the first place within Latin America for political stability.

The economy is being transformed from its long-time dependence on coffee, bananas and cattle raising to one centred on microprocessor production and high-tech telecommunications services, making Costa Rica “the Silicon Valley of Latin America”. Currently, more than 200 multinational companies are operating in Costa Rica including Acer, Microsoft, GE, Abbot Laboratories, Lucent Technologies and Intel Corporation. The country has one of the highest literacy rates in the American Continent (95.8%)
One of the pillars of the Costa Rican economic development has been trade liberalization, which has allowed exports to surpass its 30 percent ratio of GDP in 1980 to a current 50% rate (includes exports of goods and services). The real GDP has been increasing at a compound annual growth rate of 5.3% since 1991.

Investing in Costa Rica real estate is very attractive. Foreign investors enjoy the same rights as Costa Rican citizens when it comes to owning property. Titled, fee simple properties are all registered in the National Registry of Costa Rica, properly protecting your ownership rights. There is no capital gains tax, so investors can sell their property at any time.

Costa Rica remains one of the most attractive countries for vacation, property investment and retirement in Latin America.

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