Why Costa Rica Real Estate?
Healthcare
High Tech
Over 16% of Costa Rican tourists surveyed in a 2008 study at San Jose Airport claimed that the main reason they came to Costa Rica was for medical procedures. Not only cheap and easily accessible to foreigners and locals alike, Costa Rica's medical and dental industries are some of the most highly advanced in the world. The statistic above is the result of the phenomenon known as "medical tourism". Medical tourism is when some one from a foreign country, typically the U.S., comes to Costa Rica for medical procedures and couples it with a nice tropical Costa Rica vacation. Medical tourism is most commonly practiced for elective surgery, cosmetic surgery and dental work. With the price of the procedure, flight and hospitality factored in, the total bill is still significantly lower than getting it done in the U.S. Advanced resources and medical innovation has allowed Costa Rica to become a leader in medicine throughout the world.
Even for those that do not take advantage of medical tourism find ways to take advantage of the high-tech and simplified medical system by bringing back to the U.S. pharmaceuticals at 80% to 90% of the U.S. cost.
Costa Rica has attracted hundreds of millions of dollars in investment from some of the best-known names in technology, including Intel Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co. and Microsoft Corp. Medical device makers and pharmaceutical companies are embedding themselves all over the country. And the nation is becoming a hub for these industries. Technology and medicine go hand in hand in Costa Rica. Heavy government investment in their state run medical system pays off each and every day.
