SAN JOSE, Costa Rica - (Business Wire) With tight budgets on everyone’s minds and the cold, winter months just around the corner, Costa Rica is the ideal place where families can warm up, relax, and interact with the world around them, all while giving back to local communities and the environment and still not breaking the bank. While in America the holidays are associated with winter coats, snow and warm eggnog, Costa Rica welcomes the season with some of its most beautiful weather of the year. This wonderful climate lends itself to truly unique experiences and breath-taking views of the beaches, volcanoes, waterfalls and rivers that interweave through the country’s rain and cloud forests. Regardless of your location on the Caribbean or Pacific side, Costa Rica is sure to deliver a priceless, harsh-winter escape.
Paired together with some of the best airline deals ever offered during the holiday season, there has never been a better time to experience Costa Rica, its pristine, natural beauty, rich culture and kind, welcoming people.
Special Deals
Costa Rica has always been a popular spot for North American travelers, and with airline and hotel specials overflowing the web, it has reached another level of accessibility. While Costa Rica has always been a hop, skip and jump away, American Airlines has now made it even easier by announcing special travel deals to Costa Rica, including flights from Miami to San Jose for US$129 through February 8, booked by December 12. http://news.cheapflights.com/airlines/2009/11/american-airlines-flights-to-central-america-from-119.html
Regardless of the travel style, Costa Rica has an endless variety of lodging facilities, activities and natural settings to please your mood. Whether the goal is to have family time, enjoy a second honeymoon, or have a girlfriend getaway, there is a special deal out there waiting for everyone.
For those who want to pack up and take the kids without the feeling of being on a resort, Latitude 10 (http://latitude10resort.com/) is the ideal place. Located on the southern tip of the Nicoya Peninsula, this small, but beautiful beachfront property has private bungalows that will make anyone feel like they have their own home away from home. Book a stay before January 31, 2010, and receive four nights for the price of three (rates start at US$245.00 - $395.00, based on double occupancy and include a full breakfast, non-alcoholic beverage bar, use of beach toys, and bicycles).
Costa Rica is known for adventure, and if adrenaline is on the agenda, then the Turrialba region is the place to be. When booked online, Hotel Villa Florencia (www.villaflorencia.com) and Explornatura Tours (www.explornatura.com), both near the world-famous Pacuare River, are offering a 30 percent discount off hotel and tour bookings. Tours offered include: canyoning, white-water river rafting expeditions and horseback riding, all of which are sure to satisfy the daredevil in anyone.
Why Costa Rica?
The Happiest Country in the World, as reported by the New Economics Foundation, continues reporting growth in the number of international tourist arrivals, and for a good reason. Costa Rica’s proximity to major hubs in the United States and the multitude of flight options makes it easy for travelers to vacation there. It is a two and half hour flight from Miami, a five-hour flight from New York, a four-hour flight from Dallas and a six-hour flight from Los Angeles.
Costa Rica’s 32 environmentally protected national parks, which include tens of thousands of acres of rain and cloud forests, active volcanoes, beaches and waterfalls, allow visitors to experience nature in its most pristine state through activities like hiking, rafting, canyoning, canopy tours, rock climbing and surfing. If scuba diving is what the traveler seeks, Costa Rica offers miles of coastline on the Caribbean and Pacific coast that are ideal for the avid scuba diver.
The traits that make Costa Rica one of the most sought-after eco-destinations are the quality of its tourism services and the people who make the experience so exceptional. No where on Earth will a traveler find people with the knowledge and expertise that are sure to turn visitor’s vacation into the experience of a lifetime. Wherever the traveler decides to go and no matter how long they stay, Costa Rica offers them the ultimate ecological and educational experience - all rolled into one.
About Costa Rica
Costa Rica is located in Central America, nestled between Nicaragua and Panama, and bordered on the east by the Caribbean Sea and the west by the Pacific Ocean. This small country represents only .05 per cent of the planet’s surface yet its land shelters 5 percent of the world’s biodiversity and its waters are home to 4 percent of the planet’s marine life. It has given priority to the conservation of its natural resources, protecting 26 percent of its national territory through the creation of National Parks and other natural areas.
The country also offers world-class eco-tourism and adventure travel. The options are unlimited for any discriminating traveler: horseback riding on a secluded beach; hiking through the lush whispering greenery of a rainforest; having an exhilarating experience on a white-water rafting trip, observing the tropical forests from a canopy tour; surfing the blue waves of either coast; experiencing a quiet, close encounter with different species of birds and wildlife; and enjoying the diverse culture and hospitality of the Ticos.
About the Costa Rica Tourist Board
The Costa Rica Tourist Board, created in 1955, is an autonomous institution of the State responsible for regulating the tourism activity in Costa Rica and promoting Costa Rica’s tourism attractions and destinations nationally and internationally. The Costa Rica Tourist Board creates tourism norms, regulations, incentives and grants the tourist declaratory for Costa Rica’s hotels, travel agencies, rental cars and other tourism organizations and service providers.
For general travel or tourism information about Costa Rica, contact the Costa Rica Tourist Board directly at 1-866-267-8274 or visit their web site at www.visitcostarica.com.
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