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Cruise ships at Puntarenas, Costa Rica
Costa Rica will reactivate cruise tourism starting Sept. 1, welcoming ships that guarantee all crew and 95% of passengers who are of age to be vaccinated against COVID-19.
Permitted vaccines are those authorized by the National Commission of Vaccination and Epidemiology, and the last dose must have been administered at least 14 days before the cruise embarks. The resumption of this tourist activity will benefit the ports of Limón, Puntarenas, Caldera, Quepos and Golfito, Tourism Minister Gustavo J. Segura said. Each passenger spends an average of $137 per day, which has an important impact on the reactivation of local economies in coastal communities.
A survey of tourism professionals in Spain has recognized Costa Rica among the best-perceived international destinations during the pandemic.
The “Perception Study on Safe Destinations” placed Costa Rica fourth. The poll of 150 tourism professionals asked them to consider “Covid-19 security, prices and offers, nature and open spaces, connectivity/accessibility, reputational image and sustainability.”
The global top five, in order, are: Maldives, UAE, Seychelles, Costa Rica and Japan. The top-three ranking in the Americas are Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic and Cuba.
“One of the main results of the report highlights that those destinations that have declared themselves open to tourism and at the same time have combined it with a coherent management in the context of the pandemic are those that are most likely to receive tourist flows this summer,” the Tourism Board (ICT) said.
A growing number of people have turned to the dream of a “digital nomad” lifestyle answering emails from the beach or the cloud forest as remote working goes mainstream during the pandemic.
Costa Rica hopes to attract more of these workers through a bill that would grant year-long visas for qualifying digital nomads.
If the bill is approved in the Legislative Assembly, remote workers could obtain a permit to stay for one year in Costa Rica, extendable for one additional year. They would also have the possibility of opening local bank accounts and could drive in Costa Rica using their country’s license, among other benefits.
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