Growth, Growth, Growth – The Airport is Expanding

While news in other parts of the world talks of downsizing and disappointment, Costa Rica continues to thrive. More evidence of this phenomenon that I have been sharing with you is that additional funding for the Juan Santamaria International Airport this week. A bigger and more up-to-date airport helps support the image that Costa Rica wants to show to the rest of the world and helps them establish themselves as the exotic yet business savvy country that they are becoming. Everyone knows that first impressions are lasting and a person’s first impression of a country they are visiting begins in the airport.

Another positive note for the airlines and Costa Rica is that a recent deal was struck between Canada and Costa Rica allowing an open-air agreement. This allows "select pair cities" to offer seats on other airlines’ flights to allow visitors to find a more convenient flight to Costa Rica. Combine that with the recent addition of new flights from the US to Costa Rica on JetBlue airlines and you will quickly see how it is becoming more and more convenient for people to get here.

This is just another sign of Costa Rica’s upward progress as new jobs continue to come into the country and the business here continue to flourish and more and more people are coming to Costa Rica to do business. I, for one, remain optimistic that the economy around the world and in the United States is going to get better sooner than later, but meanwhile I know for sure that the economy in Costa Rica is moving from good to great right now. I can’t state this enough, the time is now to secure real estate here while the prices are still reasonable and there is still plenty to go around.