COSTA RICA WANTS TO ATTRACT DIGITAL NOMADS Basílica de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles, Cartago
A message from the ICT, Costa Rican Tourism Institute; the Foreign Trade Promoter, Procomer and the Costa Rican Coalition of Development Initiatives, Cinde, will serve to attract digital nomads. The intention is that Costa Rica be promoted with a single message in this new type of segment or travel category, based on all the general advantages that the country has (sun and beach, mountains, friendly people, rich food and culture) and adding specific elements for them (connectivity, more agile procedures and a law that supports their stay in the country.
For Trejos, the three entities, under the umbrella of the Essential Costa Rica country brand, are currently coordinating the message they will give on their platforms and activities, as part of the preparation to attract this type of traveller, who will be able to stay in Costa Rica for one year, according to the new law. This preparation of Costa Rica to receive digital nomads happens while sources from the General Directorate of Migration and Foreigners explained that the regulation to the law is in the process of being revised by the Ministry of the Interior.
WITH 85% OF ITS POPULATION VACCINATED, CHINA TO OPEN BORDERS The vaccination rate of the total Chinese population is expected to reach over 85% by early 2022. This would mean any cases of COVID-19 are likely to not be serious and in line with the usual deaths related to seasonal flu and therefore the opening of borders is expected to begin. Zhuhai Opera House Guangdong, China
CHILE THE BEST SOUTH AMERICAN ADVENTURE TOURISM DESTINATION For the 7th year running, Chile has been awarded the best adventure tourism destination in South America, by the WTA (World Travel Awards). Chile also won the award for the best romantic destination for the Atacama desert, the driest non-polar area in the world, a vast expanse of land that includes the regions of Arica and Parinacota, Tarapacá, Antofagasta, Atacama, and Coquimbo, in the north. On the fringes of the Atacama desert, famous for its dune landscape and for astro-tourism, Chile is also recognised for the emblematic Torres del Paine Park, in Patagonia, in the south of the country, a popular national and international destination.
