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I don’t understand the plan.Special treatment for Chinese? Why?
http://insidecostarica.com/2012/09/13/costa-rica-far-from-goal-of-50000-chinese-per-year/
In January 2011, a guideline that allows Chinese with visas from Canada, the United States, the European Union, or a Schengen country (26 countries in Europe that have agreed to create a common area) to enter Costa Rica freely, came into effect.
Looks to me like they just want to kickstart tourism to the Chinese who already have Visas to travel to the U.S., Canada and Europe – meaning the Chinese with money – instead of them going through the process of getting a Visa specifically to Costa Rica.
I think it’s a great idea…
On another note, we should remember that it wasn’t that long ago when Costa Rica offered lots of attractive incentives for Americans to retire her too.
That changed but most would say that it achieved it’s objective.
Scott
FOR SALE: US Visas for $500,000.00
invest $500,000 in a business that creates 10 jobs and after 2 years get a Green Card
the poor, needy, hungry do not need to apply
Chinese, Russian, Colombian are all welcome but only after you have that amount to invest in the GOOD, OLD USA
[quote=”Versatile”]I don’t understand the plan.Special treatment for Chinese? Why?
http://insidecostarica.com/2012/09/13/costa-rica-far-from-goal-of-50000-chinese-per-year/
In January 2011, a guideline that allows Chinese with visas from Canada, the United States, the European Union, or a Schengen country (26 countries in Europe that have agreed to create a common area) to enter Costa Rica freely, came into effect.[/quote]
A few years back, didn’t the Chinese build the stadium in CR as a ‘gift’? And didn’t they ship most of the materials from China as well as use Chinese labor which is in direct violation of the Costa Rican labor laws? Why were the Chinese allowed to work there and take away jobs from the Costa Ricans? And the Chinese treat their workers very inhumanely.
Why the preferential treatment? There must have been great controversy when that happened.
I really don’t understand why the Chinese would come all the way to Costa Rica when they have plenty of similar places far closer to where they are if they wanted to relocate. Plus, as the OP pointed out, it’s just not as glamorous as some of the world’s major cities.
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