Source: The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT)

Starting this Wednesday, Costa Rica will be showcasing the most outstanding aspects of its ample and diverse tourism offerings at the five-day Vakantierbus international trade fair. Highlights will include sun, beaches, adventure, a closeness with nature, "Wellness Pura Vida" lifestyle offerings and meeting tourism. Vakantierbus is one of the largest trade fairs in the European country, which is itself one of the continent's largest markets.

Source: The Costa Rica Star

FlightNetwork put together a list of the World's Best Beaches for 2018 with the help of over 1200 journalists, editors, bloggers and agencies around the world who specialize in travel.

Source: Matador

Sure, you've heard the phrase "pura vida" thrown around in regards to Costa Rica, but you might not fully get it yet. Translated directly from Spanish, it means "pure life," but there's a lot more contained in these two little words than that. Every Tico (aka, Costa Rican) you'll meet will have a slightly different way of looking at it, but essentially "pura vida" represents a philosophy of enjoying life to its fullest - at a slow pace, so you can be present in every moment.

Source: The Costa Rica Star

InterNations, the network for expats with local communities worldwide, carried out its annual survey at the end of 2018 to come up with the list of the "Top 10 Most Welcoming Countries in the world".

Source: The Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT)

The Drake District, at the southern end of the Osa Peninsula, will receive a boost to its tourism and economic revitalization thanks to the modern works carried out in the regional airport, which amount to an investment of ¢3.4 billion from the resources of the Directorate-General of Civil Aviation.