4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (397+ words) Costa Rica Explains VAT Refunds for Hotel Stays Abroad The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Costa Rica Explains VAT Refunds for Hotel Stays Abroad Travelers paying for overseas accommodation through certain booking platforms with Costa Rican credit…...

5+ day, 17+ hour ago   (310+ words) At the center of the dispute is legislation that would create a legal framework for transportation services offered through digital platforms such as Uber and DiDi. The current version of the bill would keep platform drivers from picking up or dropping…...

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (591+ words) Fundación MarViva has published two resources on the Gulf of Nicoya that together make a single argument: the people who have fished, gathered and lived along the gulf for generations should hold real decision-making power over what happens to it,…...

6+ day, 5+ hour ago   (276+ words) The measure is a law to make the National Parks Service Law of 1977 more flexible in cases of natural disaster and imminent danger. It would create exceptions to current prohibitions to permit the removal of soil, rock, sand, gravel and…...

1+ week, 1+ hour ago   (308+ words) I don’t want to hear about Tico Time. Where did that expression even originate? It has been around for at least the 35 years I have lived here. It was likely coined by some impatient gringo who first said it in…...

1+ week, 17+ hour ago   (441+ words) Starting Tuesday, a 13% tax will show up on your bill from Booking.com, Expedia, ChatGPT and 17 other digital platforms that were not taxed before. The Finance Ministry announced over the weekend that it had expanded the official register of foreign…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (391+ words) Costa Rica Expects Major Cruise Tourism Jump in Puntarenas The Tico Times COSTA RICA'S LEADING ENGLISH LANGUAGE NEWSPAPER Costa Rica Expects Major Cruise Tourism Jump in Puntarenas Costa Rica expects around 150,000 cruise passengers to arrive in Puntarenas during the 2026–2027 season,…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (307+ words) As of Saturday, the institute did not have figures available on how much it spent on those items. The ICT said that in exchange, Costa Rica appeared in a publication where the equivalent advertising space would have cost €207,900, or about…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (314+ words) Employment in Costa Rica’s free-zone regime fell year over year in July for the first time in seven years, ending a long stretch of job growth in one of the most important economic industries. Free-zone companies employed 200,203 salaried workers in…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (300+ words) MOPT is replacing the old Barranca crossing with a new 121-meter bridge. Saturday night’s shutdown is a separate, short cut-over so the state refiner can thread the three pipes through the pavement while that work is underway. There is no…...