Costa Rica is crowned as the “Switzerland of Central America” for its developed tourism industry.
As a popular tourist destination, San Jose, the capital of Costa Rica, features a variety of attractive landmarks, galleries, museums, markets and natural landscapes. Many tourist programmes in worth-seeing scenic spots of San Jose and many interesting activities are provided for you to choose from. In addition, during an organized visit to natural areas, you can not only enjoy the charming scenery, and experience a perfect combination of audio, taste and sensation.
The main tourist attractions of San Jose include: Catedral Metropolitana , NBio Park, Lankester Gardens , Mercado Central , Museo Nacional de Costa Rica, Museo de Arte Costarricense, etc.
Recent years have witnessed an increasing popularity of Tenorio Volcanoe National Park of Costa Rica. In addition to the 12,819 hectares of primitive rainforest, its well-known waterfall and the azure lagoon even offer an unworldly seduction to tourists who may feel like lingering in a paradise.
Before leaving Costa Rica, tourists often purchase a souvenir of local characteristics - feather painting, which are generally mounted with paper made from banana leaves and framed, to be an exquisitely decorative elements on wall surface.
The official language of Costa Rica is Spanish.
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Application Range
At present, UnionPay card can be used for cash withdrawal and balance inquiry at over 400 ATMs of Banco Nacional de Costa Rica , the biggest bank in Costa Rica.
Accepted Cards
Bank cards with UnionPay logo.
Tips: As withdrawing cash with credit cards requires the payment of overdraft interests, it is better for cardholders to use UnionPay debit cards when withdrawing cash overseas.
How to Identify ATMs Accepting UnionPay Cards
All the ATMs at Banco Nacional de Costa Rica can accept UnionPay cards.
Spanish-English Interface
ATMs of Banco Nacional de Costa Rica are installed with both Spanish and English interfaces and cardholders can choose from these two languages.
Charges and withdrawal limits
According to the provisions of the state’s supervisory authority, during the ATM cash withdrawal overseas with UnionPay cards, the accumulative withdrawal per card each day of UnionPay debit cards shall not exceed the equivalent foreign currency of RMB 10,000 Yuan.
Issuing banks will charge certain procedure fees for overseas cash withdrawal. Please inquire the issuing bank for specific rates, withdrawal frequency in a single day, withdrawal limit each time and accumulative withdrawal limit.
Compared with the networks of other bank cards, 1% to 2% of currency conversion fee is exempted when UnionPay network is used for consumption. The consumed sum of local currency will be directly converted into RMB at the market exchange rate and will be timely booked into the RMB account of the cardholder by the issuing bank.
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