When making a Caribbean Real Estate Investment decision it’s wise to consider all forms of data. It seems that google search terms are now going through the roof for ‘Costa Rica real estate’.

With the last month having seen 90,500 searches on Google, there is ‘guarded optimism’ coming from Costa Rican (CR) realtors according to CR’s national newspaper the Tico Times. According to the newspaper, there are people coming to view properties in CR.

On the Happy Planet Index – a program introduced by the New Economics Foundation – which measures ‘happiness’ in terms of human well-being and environmental impact, CR is No 1 of 143 countries measured. That isn’t an easy feat I’m sure. The country is planning to be the first ‘carbon neutral’ country by 2021.

The President of Costa Rica, Oscar Arias, is the holder of a 1987 Nobel Peace Prize for his work towards bringing peace to Latin America when it was going through a period of turmoil. He has also changed the economic focus of the country onto a more modern agricultural focus (flowers and exotic fruits) and tourism as opposed to coffee and bananas. However, production of gourmet coffee beans is bringing an income for the country.

In terms of tourism, Costa Rica is known for it’s great surfing opportunities and it’s ecotourism. On the scale of attractiveness for developing a travel and tourism business (Travel & Tourism Competitive Report – 2009), it rates 2nd in the Caribbean, just behind Barbados and 1st in the Latin American countries.

With all of these factors combined, does this mean that Costa Rica is one of the first to emerge from the world’s downturn with it’s real estate interest…? We will have to wait and see, but if I had to put my money onto one of the countries for my Caribbean Real Estate Investment.. I think Costa Rica would definitely be in the running.

For further information about making an investment, visit our Caribbean Real Estate investment page.

Joanne F D works for Caribbean Land and Property and follows market trends in the Real Estate industry.

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