For years, Costa Rica has had a reputation as an affordable tropical escape. That’s the image many travelers still arrive with but, unfortunately, the reality in 2026 looks a little different. I live ...

Costa Rica holds a mythical place in many travellers’ imaginations: a small, peaceable country where volcanoes smoulder over the rainforest, scarlet macaws rake the sky and the motto of pura vida — ...

Costa Rica closed 2025 with 2.68 million international air arrivals. Growth of just 1%, against a global tourism industry that expanded 6.7% over the same twelve months. For a destination that has ...

Travelers are signing up for phone-free tours, to try to escape technology’s tether on daily life. But would it make for a better experience? By Christine Chung We were on a quintessential girl’s trip ...