What is the Certification for Sustainable Tourism?
It is a program of the Costa Rican Tourism Board which classifies and certifies that a tourism company bases its productive operation on environmental, social and cultural aspects. In this manner, one level represents that a company has carried out a first effort in sustainable matter and five levels represents the maximum recognition that such certification grants.
The objective of this certification is to manage that the Costa Rican tourism sector achieves a real balance between economy, conservation of natural resources and the revaluation of our culture.
For more information please visit:
http://www.visitcostarica.com/ict/paginas/sostenibilidad
Getting to know Costa Rica´s protected areas.
In Costa Rica we have bet on ecotourism and nature´s conservation. As a country we work in improving and consolidating each day our protected area system. This system allows thousands of visitors to enjoy the national parks, biological reserves and in general of all the wild areas that the country has the privilege of having. This is a patrimony in which Buena Vista Lodge has proudly contributes to strengthening it through conservation of the forest and ecotourism. We invite you to stay in our hotel and get to know a small country in territory but big in biodiversity and culture.
For more information about Costa Rica´s Wild Protected Areas please visit: ww.sinac.go.cr
The protected area system is a real treasure for Costa Ricans, so when you visit any protected area do it in a responsible way.
General Policies for visitors of Costa Rica´s natural areas.
· The park´s administration can restrict and regulate the access of visitors to the areas of public use, when the number of visitors exceeds the limits of allowable capacity.
· Collaborate with the efforts to manipulate garbage, take with you the waste you produce and avoid entering the park with non-reusable products.
· Use water rationally and do not use soap, shampoo and detergents in rivers or streams.
· The extraction of species of flora and wild fauna in all the protected areas is not allowed.
· It is not allowed to cross the precaution rails.
· When you enter the park, report yourself in the entrance booth indicating your name, nationality, id or passport number.
· No hunting is allowed.
· Each protected area has specific restrictions that will be indicated to you when you enter the park.