Costa Rica Travel Guide — Things to Do, Food & Hotels
country in Central America
About Costa Rica
Since the late 1980s, Costa Rica has been a popular nature travel destination, and its main competitive advantage is its well-established system ofnational parksand protected areas, covering almost 28% of the country's land area, the largest in the world as a percentage of the country's territory, and home to a rich variety of flora and fauna, in a country covering only 0.03% of the world's landmass, but containing about 5% of the world's biodiversity. The country also has plenty of world renowned beaches, in thePacific Oceanand in the Caribbean Sea, within short travel distances between the coasts, and also several activevolcanoesthat can be visited safely. Costa Rica has managed to avoid the political turmoil and violence plaguing the region. President Figueres constitutionally abolished
Costa Rica Travel Guide Sections
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