Why Advertise With Us?
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The Tico Times was founded in 1956 to provide English coverage of Costa Rica and Central America to readers in Costa Rica and around the world. The Tico Times continues to be Central America’s leading English-language newspaper and a media pioneer offering new online services and publications. The award-winning Tico Times is a member of the Inter-American Press Association and the Newspaper Association of America. For half a century, The Tico Times has been the most trusted source of in-depth news and news analysis that matters to the English-speaking community inside and outside of Costa Rica, and we’ll continue to be that for many more years to come.
Our Online Readers
| Diverse readership: 80% from US, remainder from Latin America, Canada, Europe and Asia |
| High earners: 86% earn more than $50,000/yr, 39% earn more than $150,000/yr |
| Highly educated: 81% University graduates or higher |
New Web Features
- New look, new news and interactive sections
- Multimedia Box with audio, video and photo slide show
- More reader comments, enhanced Reader photo Gallery, and Fishing Forum
- Micro-payment method: Tico Credit enables you to purchase articles and complete editions one by one
- More than 200,000 visits to the site per month
- Growing social media community on Twitter and Facebook
The Tico Times weekly newspaper
- Average of 32 pages per week
- Print run of 15,000 in Costa Rica and the United States.
- Paid electronic subscriptions to 1,000 subscribers worldwide
- Monthly special sections on topics such as Real Estate, Investment, Tourism and Regional Destinations
- Subscribers in Costa Rica, Nicaragua and other Latin American countries, the United States, Canada, Europe and Asia
- On sale at more than 400 points of sale in Costa Rica, plus newsstands and shops around Central America and US
- Distributed aboard major airlines such as Grupo Taca, Continental, Delta, United, Nature Air and Sansa
The Nica Times
- Weekly newspaper
- 4-page publication distributed in Nicaragua and inserted each week in The Tico Times
- Free summary of weekly print newspaper, as well as purchase/subscription-only Web content
- Free daily news updates and news flashes, plus more comprehensive daily news service delivered to your e-mail as a paid subscription
See our LOW prices for print and online ads.
Exploring Costa Rica guidebook
Annual guidebook providing tourists and residents with the most up-to-date and comprehensive information on Costa Rica available in one place. This 450-page, full-color book is on sale throughout Costa Rica as well as on ticotimes.net, amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
Restaurant Guide to Costa Rica
In it’s fourth edition, this bilingual guide to restaurants in the Central Valley and key destinations around the country gives a description of each restaurant with its address, phone number, hours and a rating for quality as well as price. This guide is on sale throughout Costa Rica and on ticotimes.net, amazon.com and barnesandnoble.com.
