Costa Rica will host world cup of adventure

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Over the last year Costa Rica has experienced several sporting events such as the North Face career and games Central American.

This November 29 will begin one of the most significant events internationally for athletes in various disciplines: the world of adventure, which has the support of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT).

The world of adventure will last until December 12 and athletes from all continents will come to the country.

You call has as a main challenge to participants complete a rta of 815 kilometers that runs from the Pacific coast to the Caribbean coast, border with Nicaragua to Panama, along the way they pass through rural, inaccessible mountains, rivers and beaches.

According to the organizers of the activity, one of the major challenges is that participants not to can stop during this tour, which makes competition one of the toughest international, causes a great mental and physical wear.

This competition represents the culmination of series world powers of adventure, which corresponds to a circuit of high prestige among sports Guild at the global level.

According to data of the inscriptions, the event will feature at least 80 mixed teams of 4 people coming from 30 Nations around the world.

Within the world of adventure challenges, for example are 140-hour route, activities in mountain biking, rafting, trekking, kayaking, canyoning and rappelling. Participants will have a compass and a map.

The first five teams that successfully complete the challenge will receive a bag with prizes of up to 75 thousand dollars, also products of the sponsors and invitations to other similar events of adventure.

Ireth Rodríguez, Assistant Manager and Director of marketing of the Institute Costa Rica Tourism, thinks that this reinforces the position of Costa Rica as a model of sustainable tourism country.

"It is as well as sport and tourism in Costa Rica once more blend a maximum utilization of our natural resources, our strategic position, exotic landscapes and the quality of our tourist offer, to host an event so relevant that it will capture the attention of countries around the world, consolidating our tourist differentiation," Rodriguez said.

Posted by Costa Developers