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Published Tuesday, December 8, 2020
Tourist Guides seeks to increase
tourism in rural zones
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff
The Tourism Institute in a joint strategy with the Ministry of Culture announced today the development of a series of Tourist and Cultural Guides to promote tourism in rural zones of the country.
These guides, as part of the Tourist Destinations Management Program, have the goal to generate more visitors in the places such as Golfito and Monteverde in Puntarenas Province, Sarapiqui in Heredia Province, Tamarindo, Santa Cruz and Nicoya in Guanacaste Province, Los Santos and Turrialba area in Cartago Province.
The program seeks to give strategies to community associations to develop activities that attract tourists in their areas.
The guides will be delivered to community associations, travel agencies, and tour operators among others.
An example of the development of a strategy to promote tourism in rural areas was the invitation that the institute made in October to representatives of the U.S. and Canada travel agencies to visit Los Chiles Canton, located in the northern zone near the border with Nicaragua.
Los Chiles Canton was visited by a group of 16 representatives of wholesale travel agencies and international operators to promote the place in the United States and Canada.
Among the tourist services developed in the northern zone canton are boat tours along Frío River, tours in Caño Negro National Wildlife Refuge and the Medio Queso Wetland.
Other tourist attractions are sport fishing, day and night trail tours, guided horseback riding, touring pineapple plantations, touring sugar cane farms, touring in organic chocolate farms, among others.
According to the institute, a canton is a favorite place for bird watching and visiting butterfly farms. As well as tasting traditional meals such as smoked pork, and fresh fish dishes, among others.
"We are offering for visitors, a natural place to recharge their energy, alternatives to stay, walk, eat, but above all a unique experience," Fernando Sandí, President of the Los Chiles Chamber of Tourism and Commerce said. "This destination offers the ideal setting to reconnect with nature."
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