The fact that more than one million tourists visit Costa Rica each year does not happen
by chance. Costa Rica is located in Central America and is an isthmus where life
seems to have created its roots. Covering only 0.03%
of the surface of our planet, Costa Rica has
approximately 6% of the world's biodiversity.

In addition Costa Rica is characterized by impressive
scenic beauty, a consolidated system of protected areas,
social and political stability, high educational levels, an efficient
infrastructure and services. All of this offered in a territory of only
51 thousand square kilometers, surrounded by both the Pacific
and Atlantic Oceans, at a distance from each other of only three
to four hours by land or 45 minutes by air.

The country's strategic position in the heart
of the western hemisphere, the government's
positive attitude towards foreign investment, its infrastructure,
access to international markets and the quality and cost of labor,
make Costa Rica an ideal place to establish commercial operations.

Costa Rica is a tropical country which contains several distinct climatic
zones. There is no winter or summer as such and most regions have a
rainy season from May to November and a dry season from December
to April. Annual rainfall averages 100 inches nationwide with some
mountainous regions getting as much as 25 feet on exposed
eastern slopes. Temperature is more a matter of elevation than
location with a mean of around 72 degrees in the Central
Valley, 82 degrees on the Atlantic coast and 89 degrees
on the Pacific coast.