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tourism, destination, and legal

Benefits of the tourism offer:

  • Costa Rica offers a wide variety of options in accommodations, cuisine, transportation and tour guides from professional agencies located throughout the country’s tourist regions, allowing them to serve tourists who come to any region of the country for prolonged stays.
  • We are a destination that is characterized by peace, nature, sustainability, solidarity, hospitality and wellness, as well as a commitment to the environment and a diverse tourism offer with an excellent quality-value relationship.
  • Costa Rica is a country that has everything it takes to provide visitors with unique, authentic experiences. It is a nation of quality, not mass tourism, with highly qualified tourism professionals who are ready to serve. Our goal is for tourists to feel like they’re real ticos as well.
  • Long-term visitors can visit the country at any time of the year, with a variety of outdoor activities that are free from crowds, adopting a sustainable and secure approach that complies with the strict biosafety protocols implemented by all tourism subsectors.

Benefits of the destination:

  • Costa Rica is a country with high degrees of connectivity, allowing digital nomads to keep in touch with their companies anywhere in the world.
  • The country’s geographic location, climate, timezone, air connectivity and the tourism experience make Costa Rica an attractive destination for digital nomads.
  • According to a study by InsureMyTrip, Costa Rica ranks in the top 10 digital nomad destinations worldwide.

Legal benefits:

  • Digital nomads will not be considered to be normal residents for tax purposes, meaning that they will be exempt from complying with “formal and material duties” to the General Directorate of Taxation of the Costa Rican Ministry of Finance.
  • Digital nomads will be able to use their driver’s license from their home country for the full duration of their stay in the country.