Often, people tend to view Costa Rica with tunnel vision and as a result the reports we read are often tied to the Costa Rica Real Estate market only.

There is a whole world of things that drive the visitors to Costa Rica such as industries relocating here, medical care, dentistry care, cosmetic surgery and the Costa Rica retirement market generally. You just have to look under the stones and you will find this is a thriving country that boasts a true middle class, excellent education system and one of the best health care systems in the world. Please read on and see what the prominent Al Dia newspaper has to say.

Al Día Newspaper – San José, Costa Rica – September 7, 2008

U.S. Television networks like CNBC and ABC and Internet sites extol the virtues of Costa Rica and the affordability of its health tourism and real estate investments. The high cost of medical procedures in the U.S. are the best ally of Cost Rica. Most operations cost sixty percent less in Costa Rica than they do in the States. ABC’s 20/20 recently did a report on women who come to Costa Rica for Cosmetic surgery. The Discovery Channel also aired a similar program.On the CNBC program “In the Money,” it was stated, “Costa Rica is a democracy of four million friendly people. Home of the hottest real estate market in the world.”

Furthermore, Costa Rica is known worldwide as a destination for high tech companies. According to the World Bank Costa Rica is the fourth exporter of high technology in the world and first in Latin America. More than one hundred and fifty multinational companies, among them world leaders, now operate in Costa Rica. Costa Rica’s highly educated work force and political and economic stability have made all of this possible.