Signs Are Installed at 100 Beaches in Costa Rica to Warn Tourists of Rip Currents

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Did you know that water accidents are the second cause of accidental death in Costa Rica? This is why, authorities of the Costa Rica Tourism Board are working on installing new warning signs at 100 beaches, that were selected as the most visited by national and foreign tourists and that are known to have a high level of risk due the presence of rip currents.
The works will continue through this Friday, December 15, date in which the high season officially begins. The initiative includes installing new signs and eliminating damaged old signs in beaches of the South, Center and North Pacific as well as the Caribbean coast.
This is part of the work of the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT) to offer more information to tourists in order to promote their safety; through an agreement with the Red Cross, voluntaries and lifeguards will be present during the high season at beaches that have been previously identified as having higher risk potential.

Preventive signage at the beaches is part of a tourist security strategy to alert of the presence of rip currents. There is also printed and digital material available for tourism companies and tourists, training of the tourism sector and video recommendations playing on the screens of the Juan Santamaria International Aiport and Daniel Oduber airport in Liberia, Guanacaste”, explained Víctor Ramírez, chief of Touris Services of ICT. The material is available in Spanish and English.
Most beaches in Costa Rica where rip currents are usually formed have warning signs and flags at the beach indicating when and where it is dangerous to swim, pay attention to these safety warnings. Don’t go swimming if you have been drinking alcohol, don’t swim at night or during a storm, try not to go to the beach by yourself. If caught in a rip current, don’t fight it, float! Swim parallel to the shore and swim back to land at an angle
 

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