Eco-Tourism 4!

As explained in depth, Eco-tourism is a major industry and moneymaker in Costa Rica. The benefits come with negatives, as do most industries. Throughout the past month, our class has been a part of the Eco-tourism business here in Costa Rica. We have done many things that have provided income to people, shops, and business that are built around tourism. 

Here are some of the things we did that relates to eco-tourism and tourism in general.....

- Guided bus tour of San Jose

- Bus drivers for entire trip

- Arenal stay and volcano tour

- Hot springs night

- Bus, boat, bus ride to Monte Verde

- Guided hikes of the cloud forest

- Canopy tour/zip-lining

- Tour and lunch at Cafe Britt

- White water rafting tour

- Osa snorkeling, boat trips, night stays

- Visit and lunch at Chiquita Banana

-Puerto Viejo stay and gift shops

- Manzanillo Snorkeling

- Stay at Manzanillo resort

As you can see our class contributed a good amount to the tourism business in Costa Rica.

These are only a few of the many tourism activities that we took part in, which made our trip so exciting and memorable. Without such a strong tourism and eco-tourism business in Costa Rica...there is no way our trip would have been as amazing.