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While the cultivation and export of coffee and bananas has long fueled much of Costa Rica’s economy, this region again stands apart. Due to its drier climate and sprawling geography, the Gold Coast long ago developed a prosperous cattle industry. Dating back to Colonial times, the proud ranching tradition fostered a hacienda system of land ownership which enabled the local Indian population to equitably share in the region’s economy. Although the cattle trade still flourishes, today tourism rates as Guanacaste’s most thriving industry.
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