Festivals and Events

The rainforest is back at Excel for WTM this year. Come and visit the stand at LA200 to meet local suppliers and enjoy some free coffee 🙂 Taking place on Tuesday the 5th November 10:30 – 11:15 at Americas Inspiration … Read More

This month the tourism board held its first ever Guanacaste workshop. 44 product managers from Germany, Netherlands, Spain, France and the UK ventured to Guanacaste located in the northern pacific region of Costa Rica for a chance to meet key … Read More

This month the UK office for Costa Rica Tourism Board was headline sponsors at Travel bulletin’s travel agent event in Bournemouth and Exeter. The show was a chance to meet with suppliers in South England who specialise only in adventure … Read More

Costa Rican Dinner with Caribtours   This month the UK office hosted a dinner for 20 agents in Guildford with tour operators Caribtours. The tourism board trained agents on Costa Rica and how best to sell the destination. All agents … Read More

 Must See Animals in Costa Rica   Costa Rica proudly shelters 5% of the existing biodiversity in the world. 25% of the country is composed of conservation and natural protected territory therefore, wildlife is visible everywhere.   Sloths   Costa … Read More

As the official supporter of the Eden Orchid Display, the Costa Rica Tourism Board has partnered with the Eden Project to promote sustainable tourism. The Orchid Display partnership is a celebration Costa Rica’s beautiful landscapes, extensive wildlife and incredible flora and … Read More

landscapes and climates, but it also hosts an exciting range of events and festivals throughout the year. 2019 will see new editions of the ecotourism forum Planet, People, Peace (P3), sporting competitions including “La Ruta” and music events such as … Read More

This month the UK office has been traveling around the UK with travel operators Cox and Kings. Costa Rica was the official sponsor for Cox and Kings training evenings in Edinburgh, Newcastle, Gerrard Cross, Maidstone and Norwich. The evenings were … Read More

Thank you to everyone who entered our coffee competition to celebrate National Coffee Day! Last month we gave away the chance for five agents to win a Costa Rica Coffee Experience. The coffee hampers contain two fresh bags of  Costa Rican … Read More

With summer officially over, the UK trade have started to gear up for the biggest industry event in the travel and tourism calendar – yes we are talking about World Travel Market! The year has gone by so fast since … Read More

On September 15th Costa Rica will celebrate 197 years of being independent from Spain. The Independence Day of Costa Rica has been declared an official national holiday in the country and is celebrated with much joy.  The national holiday is … Read More

National Coffee Day is taking place around the world on 1st October and we are gearing up for the big day.  To celebrate we will be promoting a giveaway before National Coffee Day on our training course Puravidauniversity.co.uk – keep … Read More

ELA 2018 Experience Latin America is over for this year and we can’t wait for 2019.  An insightful 3 days full of meetings with trade specialising in selling Latin America product, it was a great opportunity to meet some of … Read More

When you think of Costa Rican food what probably comes to mind is rice and beans. Well don’t knock it until you’ve tried it because rice and beans are a great combination and these two simple ingredients can be served … Read More

What is Semana Santa? This week sees the Easter Holy week, a Catholic holiday celebrated all over the world. In Costa Rica this means a weeklong of festivities and traditions. The holy week or Semena Santa is celebrated for an … Read More

  The highlight of this month was attending the the annual LATA event hosted in the Terrace Pavilion at House of Commons. The evening was hosted by MP Mark Menzies – Chairman of the APPG for Latin America. In his … Read More

  This month we took part in Destinations, London’s largest consumer show. The Costa Rica stand was part of the LATA pavilion this year. However, due the high demand for Costa Rica last year we had a bigger booth this … Read More

It is official Costa Rica will be at Destinations and the Adventure Travel Conference next year, so come and say hello! Adventure Travel Conference (Trade) 19th – 18th January 2018  For the first time Costa Rica will attend the Adventure … Read More

Costa Rica has had another successful year at WTM. Our rainforest stand was by far the most ‘standout’ stand at Excel and was packed with product managers, journalists, influencers and consumers all enjoying Costa Rican coffee, candy floss and watching … Read More

In the month of November Costa Rica Tourist Board and 24 key partners traveled around the UK hosting a series of training and dinner evenings for agents in Glasgow, Manchester and London. The events were a chance for agents to … Read More