Week 8 - Diane Tran

Costa Rica is known as a pioneer for a global center of ecotourism. It increased from 155,000 to $1.15 billion. The article "Entrepreneurs and the Co-creation of Ecotourism in Costa Rica," stated that, "responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment and improves the well-being of local people " (Jones, 4). Over time, ecotourism became a way to preserve the natural areas throughout Costa Rica. It provided a greater incentive for natural resource conservation. With a rise in ecotourism and benefits to other industries, locals were relocated and logging industries shut down and Costa Ricans were able to turn to the tourism industry for employment.  The government has plans for buy-ins in Costa Rica. There are still problems in Coasta Rica even tough ecotourism has its benefits. There are regulatory double standard consequences for pesticide residue consumption. Pesticid residues are on produce and the markets and pesticide residue is hard to control in Coasta Rica. Costa Rica used ecotourism and implemented a way for the world to see Costa Rica's natural riches and thus helped the country to avoid poverty in third world countries. The country has done very well in this aspect.



For my startup, I can observe how and why Costa Rica took a problem they had and used their resources to turn their country into a popular tourism country. Thus developing the country into one of the many developing nations. In a way, I can understand and grasp an example such as Costa Rica to find a way to boost my country economically. This can be done by finding something that is special about Japan such as how Costa Rica has its own natural riches that is popular and what everyone wants to see.
Citations:
Polidoro, Beth A., and Matthew J. Morra. “An Ecological Risk Assessment of Pesticides and Fish Kills in the Sixaola Watershed, Costa Rica.” Environmental Science and Pollution Research23, no. 6 (March 2016): 5983–91. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-016-6144-0.

“Head to Costa Rica This Winter for $205 Round-Trip.” Travel Leisure, www.travelandleisure.com/flight-deals/cheap-flights-costa-rica-fall-winter-spring.