Still trying to decide whether to take a trip abroad for vacations? Well, maybe the great deals American Airlines has to Costa Rica as well as the country’s awesome attractions will help you make up your mind.

The airline has flights going into San Jose as well as Liberia in the North pacific Coast. Fly to San Jose, Costa Rica from Baltimore or Washington for as low as US$318, or from Miami for as low as US$278. Or if you prefer to go straight to the great North Pacific Beaches, fly into the Liberia airport in Guanacaste for as low as US$609.

Check out American Airlines’ website for availability and schedules, you might even come across a better deal than what we found!

Either if you chose to fly into San Jose or Liberia, Costa Rica hotels are easy to book and are available from the low end economy type to the more exclusive high end type. San Jose is a great option to stay for those looking to visit the volcanoes, go white water rafting or just tour historic sites in the Central Valley area.

Liberia in Guanacaste is the place to arrive if you prefer to fly straight to the tropical beaches of the North Pacific Coast. All major beaches are just an hour away from the airport. Beaches such as Tamarindo, Conchal, Flamingo, Ocotal, Samara and Nosara are just a few to mention in the area.

A great alternative for adventure tours in Guanacaste is just a 30 minute drive from the Liberia airport. The Hotel Hacienda Guachipelin is a great eco lodge located near the entrance of the Rincon de la Vieja National Park. The Hacienda offers splendid accommodations, dining, hot spring waters and horseback riding among others.

The Rincon de la Vieja National Park is one of the most visited parks in the region and is home to the Rincon de la Vieja Volcano. The park offers visitors great views as well as hiking trails, waterfalls, boiling mud pots and vapor vents.

Tourism in Costa Rica has rapidly become one of the most important activities and main sources of income thanks to the country’s vast biodiversity, splendid beaches and adventure activities.  One of the newest activities that have rapidly gained popularity in Costa Rica is paragliding.

Although the sport has been practiced in Costa Rica for the last 10 years, it wasn’t until 5 years ago that it was legally organized and offered to the public.  Paragliding is practiced by running off a cliff against the wind using a free-flying aircraft.

If you have no experience paragliding there is no need to pout. The Parapente Costa Rica Company offers double-flights.  This means that you can sit comfortably in a two-person harness while the expert guide flies you above the tree canopy.

The people over at Parapente Costa Rica offers trips to over 20 flight points in Costa Rica, however the most popular one is in the mountains in Turrialba.  Turrialba is located in the province of Cartago just 1 hour east of San Jose.

According to one of the instructors, Turrialba is the flight point they most use due to its ideal climate and perfect weather conditions for practicing paragliding.  Another popular spot is in Puntarenas in the Central Pacific Coast.  Several enthusiasts as well as tourists are often spotted in Caldera paragliding over the Pacific Ocean.

Either if you choose to head out to Turrialba or Puntarenas for more than one day, Costa Rica hotels in both areas are easy to find.  Rates range from the low end economic accommodations to the higher end exclusive hotels.

Las Vegas, NV – January 21, 2009 - Oriens Travel and Hotel Management Corp. (OTC:OTHM) , a company that seeks out mid/lower-end hotel properties in developing countries and re-organizes them under the Hotel PURE brand www.HotelPURE.com, is pleased to announce the service contract consummated with the Tourism Chamber of Guanacaste, Costa Rica, to service all incoming visitors into the Liberia International Airport, of their travel needs.

Over 200,000 visitors arrive into the Liberia International Airport yearly from the United States and Europe, to visit various vacation spots in the Northern and Western regions of Costa Rica which consist of some of the best gems of the country. Roughly 50% of these visitors arrive into the country with no prior accommodation arrangements. As a result, the official Guanacaste Tourism Chamber information booth located at the luggage pick-up area in the arrival hall of the airport is always flooded with visitors requesting for local Costa Rica hotels information upon their arrival. Traditionally in the past, the representatives will give out pamphlets of hotels to these visitors. The visitors will then make their ways to the hotels via local taxis.

With the consummating of this Service Contract, Oriens will install its FROL booking engine into the information booth at the airport allowing representatives at the booth to instantly execute real-time bookings into hotels requested by the visitors. Both the Tourism Chamber of Guanacaste and Oriens believe this initiation will greatly assist the visitors arriving into the airport with all their hotel accommodation and transfer needs. The Service Contract will yield a fee for service basis generating Oriens a transaction fee for every successful booking made through the FROL booking engine at the booth. Oriens projects sales revenue in excess of $3,000,000 yearly to be processed from the booth.

Ken Chua, President of Oriens stated “We are extremely excited for our FROL booking engine to be recognized and approved by the Tourism Chamber of Guanacaste of Costa Rica to be installed into their information booth in the International Airport. This is a great reward to our entire team proving yet again, we are indeed on the right track with our business model and look forward to more achievements in the near future.”