Costa Rica is strategically located in the middle of the Americas

Costa Rica Daily News!

Monday 11 August 2008, San José, Costa Rica
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Outstripping Tourism
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Outstripping Tourism
Currently, tourism leads in service exports in Costa Rica, but in seven years it will have lost that first place to the international service firms which operate in free zones.

The Coalición Costarricense de Inciatives de Desarrollo (CINDE) - Costa Rican Coalition for Development Initiatives - forecasts that by the year 2015 service exports will reach us$4.6 million, while tourism sales will be at us $4.5 billion.

According to CINDE, Costa Rica is strategically located in the middle of the Americas, has positioned itself as a key destination for operations and its stable and transparent business environment allows companies in a variety of industries such as advanced manufacturing, medical devices, and services, to operate in an ideal location from where to supply or service the global market.

Over 200 transnational companies are currently operating in Costa Rica and are benefiting from a highly-skilled and qualified labor force, along with a solid infrastructure which has ultimately helped them with their bottom line: overall efficiency and easy market access.

Costa Rica is among the world’s top 4 high-tech exporters (World Development Indicators 2008, World Bank) and is the most attractive country in terms of Government support in Latin America (A.T. Kearney, Destination Latin America: a Near-shore alternative).