LEADERSHIP,
INTEGRITY &
DYNAMISM SINCE 1974

TOURISM SECTOR LAW

Our firm has wide experience in the tourism sector. Our lawyers have played an active role in the development of tourism in Costa Rica and Central America.

Major achievements in this sector at the regional level have been driven by members of our firm, which has resulted in members of our firm being hired for consultancies by organizations such as the IADB, other Central American governments and private corporations.

Niehaus Abogados is recognized by its legal support to domestic and foreign investment in the tourism area. We have offered advice to projects of various sizes, both large and small, both guiding them through the steps that will allow them to become operational and in their day-to-day operation.

The legal topics in which we can offer assistance in this area include the following:

  • Concessions and issues of the Sea-Land Zone
  • Tourism Incentives and Exemptions
  • Declaration as Zone fit for Tourism
  • Declaration of Tourism
  • Tourist Contracts
  • Hotel Transfers
  • Creation of Tour Operator Agencies
  • Creation of Car Rental Companies
  • Opening Hotel Condos and Hotels
  • Development of Eco-Tourism Zones
  • Representation of Airlines
  • Process with the Costa Rican Tourism Institute, the Ministry of the Environment and Energy, the Technical Environmental Bureau, the National Geographic Institute, the National Institute of Housing and Urbanism and the Municipalities
  • Regulatory Plans
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