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Costa Rica Ecotourism (OVERVIEW (Costa Rica has turned to ecotourism as…

- - - - The growth of ecotourism is subjected to the changes in the global and national economy stability
      - Factors such as political instability, escalating crime rates, terrorism could trigger an unexpected decline in tourism
    - - Resident population is often excluded from the development process and relegated to minimum wage jobs
      - managerial positions go to foreigners or urban-educated elites
    - - Costa Rica does not have the reosurces to construct the infrastructure necessary for tourism development, which leads it to turn to foregin corporations and international donors
      - The Papagayo Project is financed chiefly by foreign investors and will double the nation's accommodation capabilities. The 6600 room project is likely to generate large profits, but most of its revenues will probably leak out the country into the hands of the project's foreign investors
    - - 1992: only 23% of Costa Rica's protected-area budget was government-supplied
  - - - Helped diversify an economy that previously was heavily dependent on a few agricultural products such as coffee,bananas, meat and sugar (65% of its exports)
    - - $2.14 billion in tourism revenue (2008)
- - - - The number of tourists visitting Costa Rica has increased by at least 6% annually for the past several years
    - - Limited finance, inadequate local expertise and corruption
      - At Tortuguero National Park, there are only 10 full time employees to protect highly endanagered species such as the green turtle
      - 44% of the land marked for protection is privately-owned. Logging is difficult to detect in these areas and many argue that Costa Rica's natural resources are protected only on paper
    - - Biodegradable soaps and adopt solar heating could easily help businesses attain an eco-tourism label, despite having other practices that cause harm to the environment
  - - - 85% of Costa Rica's hotels have fewer than 50 rooms