Costa Rica Top Destinations - Best Places to visit in Costa Rica
Tourism in Costa Rica
Costa Rica Top Destinations - Best Places to visit in Costa Rica
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Costa Rica is a country in Central America, bordered by Nicaragua
to the north, Panama to the southeast, the Pacific Ocean to the west, the
Caribbean Sea to the east, and Ecuador to the south of Cocos Island.
Costa Rica is home to a rich variety of plants and animals. While
the country has only about 0.1% of the world's landmass, it contains 5% of the
world's biodiversity. Around 25% of the country's land area is in protected
national parks and protected areas, the largest percentage of protected areas
in the world (developing world average 13%, developed world average 8%).
Costa Rica stands as the most visited nation in the Central
American region. Pioneer in Ecotourism, Costa Rica draws many tourists to its
extensive National Parks and Protected Areas. Like The Corcovado National Park,
which is internationally renowned among ecologists for its biodiversity
(including big cats and tapirs) and is where visitors can expect to see an
abundance of wildlife. In addition, Tortuguero National Park that is home to
spider, howler, and white-throated capuchin monkeys; the three-toed sloth and
two-toed sloth; 320 species of birds; and a variety of reptiles. The park is
recognized for the annual nesting of the endangered green turtle, and is the
most important nesting site for the species.
Best Places to visit in Costa Rica
Tourism in Costa Rica is one of
the fastest growing economic sectors of the country. Since the late 1980s Costa
Rica became a popular nature travel destination, and its main competitive
advantage is its well-established system of national parks and protected areas,
covering around 23.4% of the country's land area, the largest in the world as a
percentage of the country's territory, and home to a rich variety of flora and
fauna, in a country that has only 0.03% of the world's landmass, but that is
estimated to contain 5% of the world's biodiversity. The country also has
plenty of beaches, both in the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean Sea, within
short travel distances, and also several volcanoes that can be visited with
safety. By the early 1990s, Costa Rica became known as the poster child of
ecotourism, with tourist arrivals reaching an average annual growth rate of 14%
between 1986 to 1994.
Ecotourism is extremely popular with the many tourists visiting the
extensive national parks and protected areas around the country. Costa Rica was
a pioneer in this type of tourism and the country is recognized as one of the
few with real ecotourism. As of 2006, a total of 54% international tourists
visited national parks or protected areas, visiting at least two such natural
refuges, and it goes up to three for European visitors.
In recent years, several of its
top travel service providers have been internationally recognized for their
commitment to planet-positive tourism. Examples include Nature Air and Hotel
Punta Islita as winners of the Tourism for Tomorrow Awards, sponsored by the
World Travel and Tourism Council (WTTC), and Lapa Rios Ecolodge as winner of
the Rainforest Alliance Sustainable Standard-Setter.
Volcanoes in Costa Rica
Costa Rica has 112 volcanoes,
five of which are active, whose origin is due to the subduction of the Cocos
and Caribbean plates. The country is located within the so-called "Ring of
Fire", which includes most of the world's volcanoes.
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