In
the Costa Rican News - Week March 28th - 31st 2006
A
Southern Zone International Airport could be coming soon
to Costa Rica!!!
The
thought of having 3 International Airports in such a small
country about the size of Scotland is unthinkable within
Central America. However it would appear that the site
for the 3rd Costa Rican International airport may have
been picked. The new site will be situated in the Osa
Peninsula where 6% of the worlds bio diversity lies and
where National Geographic and the Discovery Channel spend
a lot of their year! The site is said to between towns
of Sierpe and Palmar Sur just off the Pan American highway
that joins Costa Rica to Nicaragua and Panama.
There
are reservations and happiness in the announcement. People
are happy as it should bring much prosperity to a poor
part of the country in much needed construction jobs,
hospitality and airport officials. However the main reservation
is that the area will lose its appeal as one of the most
bio diverse areas on the planet.
The
Southern Zone Development Committee has agreed to provide
$1.2 million dollars to the development of the countries
3rd International Airport. The main aim is to increase
tourism which is the main source of Costa Rica income,
more people now holiday in Costa Rica than most countries
in the world and it is easy to see why. There is hope
that the Osa Peninsula could become the new Guanacaste
however people visit the Osa as they do not want Guanacaste!!
With
regards to building the airport, currently the Costa Rican
government has not enough money to do this and they are
suggesting putting it out to concession. This way a company
will build and maintain for a set number of years, splitting
the profit with the Government then handing it back to
the Government once these years has surpassed. This is
very much like the San Jose airport and we have seen how
much fuss was made over this!!
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Jamiroquai
Visit Costa Rica
Costa
Rica has for such a small country had some very famous
visitors and their latest visitor 'Jamiroquai' loved this
country so much that in 2005 they stayed in Tambor at
a luxury house while writing their much awaited album
'Dynamite'. 1st April saw the first Festival Imperial
at which there were many International bands from all
over the world playing. Head lining the event was the
British funk Jazz band Jamiroquai.
Jamiroquai
were set to play at 8pm however in true Costa Rican fashion
they jumped onto stage at 10pm playing a 2 hour electric
set for the Costa Rican people. Jay K in his usual mirror
hat and Mexican poncho leaped around the Costa Rican stage
like a jaguar of the Osa peninsula thrilling the audience
with every move. The set finished at 12am with their last
song being 'deeper underground' from the film Godzilla
and the bass of this song must have awoken most of the
Central Valley.
2nd
April will see Styling headline the event, another big
fan of Costa Rica after spending November in a yoga hotel
down in the Osa Peninsula.
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March
28th - 31st March Exchange Rates
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