Costa Rica participates from April 5 to 7 in the tenth edition of the World Travel Market Latin America (WTM) fair, the main world event for the travel and tourism industry in Latin America, at the Expo Center Norte in Sao Paulo, Brazil. The event seeks to discover, recognize and promote examples of good practices in Responsible Tourism in our continent and announced the 2nd Responsible Tourism Award, which was delivered TODAY April 6, 2022 in Sao Paulo, Brazil. This 2nd Responsible Tourism Award is part of the Global Responsible Tourism Awards family of awards, which validate good practices ..read more

Beginning April 1, Costa Rica will no longer require travelers to complete an online Health Pass when visiting the destination. Additionally, unvaccinated travelers will no longer be required to purchase a travel insurance policy; however, it is still recommended that travelers purchase travel insurance to cover medical and lodging expenses in the event of contracting COVID-19. All international tourists are permitted to enter Costa Rica by air, land and sea. The government of Costa Rica does not require tourists to present a negative COVID-19 test, nor quarantine upon ..read more

 By air, you can enter the country on commercial or private international   Flights that land at the Juan Santamaría (SJO) and Daniel Oduber Quirós (LIR) airports. In the case of entering the country by sea, you can enter the country on yachts and sailboats only through the marinas of Golfito, Los Sueños, Pez Vela, Banana Bay and Papagayo. The Government of the Republic does not require coronavirus detection tests, nor does it issue sanitary confinement orders to enter the country by air or land. Those who enter the country by sea and who have not made a stopover elsewhere, shoul ..read more

For the months of January and February 2021, Costa Rica presented LOW indicators of COVID-19. Unfortunately, Costa Ricans seeing that people were already being vaccinated, due to their despair of being locked up for so long and their free time for leisure at Easter, caused the number of cases in Costa Rica to increase for the month of April 2021. The Costa RicanTourism Institute, the Ministry of Health and the Private Industry have implemented strict hygiene and safety protocols to protect our visitors. From January to March 2021, Costa Rica reactivated international arrivals and as a count ..read more

This is a summary in regards to Costa Rica's progress in relation to the world situation COVID-19 VACCINATION IN PROGRESS Costa Rica got the first batch of bottles with the drug, developed by Pfizer-BioNTech on December 23, 2020. Costa Rica is one of the first countries in the continent to initiate immunization of risk groups. The country started the vaccination December 24, 2020. The Minister of Health created 5 groups which dictates the priority in who gets it first.  Costa Rica started the year 2021 with 2.455 Costa Ricans vaccinated. Costa Rica signed contracts to purchase six milli ..read more

 The Covid-19 situation worldwide has hit the tourism industry really hard. And we have not been the exception. IL VIAGGIO TRAVEL has been handling there for the past 10 months.  But we do want you to know. That we have seen it with positive eyes. We took advantage of this CERO SEASON to get organize, renew web page, create new accessible destinations, and promote a Costa Rica for all!!!  It has been a very hard road on a very difficult time. And we know it will take this 2021 to start a slow recovery. But the light will come and travel will be part of People's Life. And when th ..read more

Costa Rica is now has open air borders with the World and there is no Covid Test required. There are only three requirements: 1. Fill out the electronic epidemiological HEALTH PASS form, available at https://salud.go.cr/step0.  2. Travel Insurance  that Guarantees coverage of medical expenses in the event of becoming ill with the pandemic COVID-19 virus while in Costa Rica, for at least USD $50,000 (fifty thousand United States Dollars). And includes minimum coverage of USD $2,000 for lodging expenses issued as a result of the pandemic. 3. Follow all Safe Travel protoc ..read more

COSTA RICA'S PRESS RELEASE: October 22, 2020. In order to reactivate tourism employment, especially in rural areas of Costa Rica belonging to the Guanacaste, North Zone, Central Pacific, South Pacific and Caribbean regions, the Government decided to facilitate entry requirements to the country. This is why as of Monday, October 26, national and foreign passengers entering Costa Rica by air must NOT present a negative RT-PCR test result, (same that determines the presence of SARS CoV-2 that produces Covid-19), Gustavo J. Segura, Rector Minister of Tourism, announced this Thursday. "This decisio ..read more

 Costa Rica will be open to the World!!!! Opening of Air Borders will happen on November 1st, 2020. The requirements that all travelers need to present upon arrival are: RT-PCR diagnostic test with a negative result; the sample must have been taken within 72 hours of travel to Costa Rica. (please consider that no other type of COVID TEST is accepted) Fill out the electronic epidemiological HEALTH PASS form, available at https://salud.go.cr/step0. Travel Insurance  that Guarantees coverage of medical expenses in the event of becoming ill with the pandemic C ..read more

The amazing Sun and outstanding beaches of Costa Rica is one of the many reasons why people want to visit our beautiful country.  Costa Rica has 1228 kilometers of coast land and around 600 beaches. We are so happy to announce that the beach restriction is now the following: From Monday to Friday from 5am til 10pm. And during the weekends from 5am till 8pm. This gives our visitors the flexibility and possibility of enjoying the great healing of the Ocean and the Energy of the Sun and the Sunset. We have another great news! Starting October 15, the country will open borders "international ..read more