Economic Sectors & Industries

Besides tourism, real estate, and agriculture many business have and continue to settle in Costa Rica investment and foreign friendly nation. The Service Industries experience the greatest growth in recent years due to a relatively highly educated but cheaper labor force than in the United States for example.

Agriculture and tourism maybe the first industries that come to mind, but there is much more to this apect of Costa Rica. In fact, many companies have chosen to relocate to Costa Rica because of the friendly tax structure, welcoming laws, and friendly work environment. More and more, companies are building manufacturing plants and becoming a part of the Costa Rican economic sector.

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Real Estate

Relevant Information on Costa Rica Real Estate. Real Estate plays undoubtedly a huge role in Costa Rica's economy and its development over the last decades. Real Estate has always been on high demand especially due to foreign buyers along the coast. With favorable ownership rights granting a foreigner the same ownership rights as it grants nationals...

Tourism

Tourism is one of Costa Rica's most important economic industries. Costa Rica has managed and is naturally blessed to contain all the key ingredients of the perfect tourist destination! People come for many different reasons such as experiencing the incredible ecology, wildlife, activities such as surfing or fishing, strolling secluded beaches, to even attaining medical care. For whatever reason people visit, tourism plays a key role in Costa Rica's economy and development...

Agriculture

Agriculture is and has been the basin for most developing economies but the agricultural sector in Costa Rica has been declining in importance since the 1950s. However, in 1998 it still accounted for 15 percent of GDP and employed one-fifth of the labor force. Almost 10 percent of the country's land is used for agriculture and agriculture is still an important contributor to foreign trade

Manufacturing

This holds a wide range of industries and business that deal with the manufacturing of electronic, textile, plastics and chemicals, machinery, and assembly etc ...

Trade to Retail

Whether trading, wholesale or retail here this is a place to learn about and connect with people to exchange...

Costa Rica Service Industries

The Costa Rica service industries are a growing segment of its economy with call centers, customer service and gaming online services. More and more service industries are emerging and are finding its way into Costa Rica for its relatively highly educated and well english spoken ...

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