At the heart of the real estate wave in Guanacaste province in Costa Rica in 2006, some 20 residential projects had either broken ground, been announced or been approved. About 350,000 visitors landed that year at the regional airport in Liberia, quadrupling the figure from 2003, its first year of international flights.
Growth in production this year will be 0.5%. Banking system is in a position to withstand a moderate stress. By 2010 Costa Rica is a country that will restore its economic health. For this year, predictions are that production will grow by 0.5% and 2010 growth will be 1.5%.