The Banco Central de Costa Rica (BCCR) - Central Bank - says it does not foresee a strong climb in the exchange rate in the short term as some financial institutions fear.
The dollar spiralled abruptly earlier this month against the Costa Rican colon when the Banco Nacional (BN) raised the exchange rate by ¢5 colones overnight and continued to climb to its highest level (¢527.82 for the buy) before the Central Bank intervened.

Nation is No. 1 in Central America
I-Com CR. —The World Economic Forum (WEF) has launched its 2008 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report, in which Costa Rica placed second in Latin America and the Caribbean and first in Central America in tourism competitiveness.
In Latin America and the Caribbean, Costa Rica only trails Barbados, which ranks 29th worldwide. Costa Rica is 44th among all ranked nations.

(Infocom) — According to the professional responsibility construction registry of the Federated Engineers and Architects Association (CFIA), last March was the month was the largest request for construction permits measured in square meters of the past five years, with 758,509 m2. In fact, the first quarter of 2008 was the most active CFIA has seen in the past five years, with the professional organization okaying over 2.3 million m2 of construction throughout the country.

(Infocom) - Five new spaces for airplane parking will be built at Liberia’s Daniel Oduber International Airport.
These five new spots will bring to 12 the available parking spaces at the Guanacastecan airport, which are expected to make its platform capable of attending the 200 monthly flights that this terminal receives.