Today we blew the roof off of Tryp, we were on the third floor getting some knowledge. We had four guest speakers; CINDE, Sustainable tourism, Procomer, and Estado de la Region. Two of the speakers we had (CINDE, PROCOMER) actually assist businesses with certain situations, their business is to either help foreign companies come into Costa Rican markets or help locals export to foreign lands; also doing any research if necessary for entry into a certain market. The other two speakers (Sustainable Tourism, and Estado de la Region) came to talk to us about tourism and how each country differs; with some statistics and information.
CINDE, the Costa Rican Investment Promotion Agency is a company here in Costa Rica that helps promote Costa Rica to businesses, they have a attracted many companies here one in-particular is Intel. When a company looks to investment in Costa Rica, CINDE does everything they have to in order to get the boots on the ground moving some examples are: Locations, meetings, lawyers and so much more. They are really like a middle man. With making Costa Rica more attractive to companies such as Intel this helps improve the employment rate which could spiral off into better quality of living and etc...
PROCOMER, is a foreign trade corporation. This meaning they do a-lot of promotion and marketing for Costa Rican brands. The types of services they provide are making sure they meet all countries regulations on branding and promoting and also help with importing and exporting. It was mentioned that a-lot of companies even though they are all different somewhat work as one to cut down prices. Doing this helps them cut the costs, it can also help them reach certain goals they would have never thought possible due to not having a-lot of funds, and be able to go into more markets because they have a bigger backing.
The presentation on sustainable Tourism and how today it is a main part of the Economy in Costa Rica. Over the years Costa Rica has become a more popular destination for people in other countries. One of the biggest tourists population comes from the Untied States. Costa Rica has many things such as beaches, rain-forests, medical tourism, and much more for tourists to keep themselves entertained while in the country.
Estado de la Region, talked about the central america countries and each one differs in many different ways from education, safety, tourism, economy, and governments. Some of the countries are hold the others back as a group due to unstable conditions or just poor conditions in general. Sometimes when the government can not provide the public with certain amenities then the drug lords actually try to give them what they need. This can be a good thing, but nothing in life is free; there is always a cost down the line. This was the last lecture we received, they were all very informative and some more interesting then others. After all that was said and done my favorite one was on Procomer, I felt as if Mr. Beer really knew how to bring in the party.
After our lectures were done we all decided to eat a very low-key Non-WiFi having Mexican restaurant. I actually liked this place and Oscar our ambassador to food/drinks was great. He was very understanding and helpful, because I know damn well we probably were stressing him out. We all had a good time with our cheap cervezas and Azul lacking Margaritas, and if you ask me the tacos even though they were original and delicious were kind of tiny... I felt like Jacob the Goliath.
After too many Cervezas, Amazing blogger Bocaj took over from here...
Now let me get to the real fun, I am here with Austin dead shot Hebert and Kevin our non local amigo, who is studying to be a doctor if you want to know. Kevin is a very interesting silent individual. When he didn't have anything to say, he had said to much.
At this point in the blog me and Austin aren't speaking either English nor Spanish. Frankly I don't know why Kevin has put up with us this long, maybe it's the free Cervazas or the mild attraction to Austin. I don't know, it's been a long night.
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