In “Costa Rica and the Creation of Eco-Tourism,” it is interesting to note that there were many benefits delivered to Costa Rica. While Costa Rica built its reputation from promoting tourism, specifically ecotourism was heavily focused on, which helped the country to bring in most of its revenue and number of tourists that were coming into the country. Ecotourism heavily focused on tourism that was directed toward exotic, often threatened natural environments which was a great way to promote and protect its natural resources. Essentially, Costa Rica established the world’s leading ecotourism destination overtime and has benefited greatly from its unique biodiversity and pleasant climate. This helped to allow the country to build a national image of a natural paradise and has also created a need for educational purposes about the country as well. In the article provided by Polidoro and Morra, it was mentioned by the two that Costa Rica suffered from a variety of pesticides that had harmful effects to certain resources in the country. This raised the concern for a need to observe these prevalent issues closely due to its effects on many different things including ecotourism. There has been strong governmental intervention in Costa Rica to help the country grow which was necessary for the build up of its national aesthetics. Similar to countries like Botswana for instance, government plays a major part in helping the country to navigate its direction of growth. While countries like Costa Rica and Botswana build their national image on the idea of tourism, for our group’s project, the most valuable component for our country is the high interest in international education amongst the student population in China. With the existing large population pertaining to this country, we believe that we have a targeted audience that would buy into our company’s product. To better brand ourselves, perhaps pushing for an idea of a unique educational experience offered exclusively through our company would be effective.
Question: Without governmental support and actions, would Costa Rica been able to deliver similar outcomes as seen currently with its tourism industry?
Work Cited:
Jones, Geoffrey, and Andrew Spadafora. "Entrepreneurs and the Co-Creation of Ecotourism in Costa Rica." (n.d.): n. pag. Web. Accessed 23 Feb 2017.
Polidoro, Beth A. Matthew J. Morra. “An Ecological Risk Assessment of Pesticides and Fish Kills in Sixaola Watershed, Costa Rica.” CrossMark: 1-9. Web. Accessed 24 Feb 2017.
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