(PDF/ePub) Ecotourism Development in Costa Rica: The Search for Oro Verde - Andrew P. Miller
Ecotourism Development in Costa Rica: The Search for Oro Verde
Ecotourism Development in Costa Rica: The Search for Oro Verde, by Andrew P. Miller, examines the use of ecotourism as a development strategy in Costa Rica and its applicability to other Central American states. Ecotourism provides an important environmental check on industry, giving the environment a voice by making its preservation an economic necessity due to the number of people who derive their income from it. The move away from agriculture to ecotourism is a natural fit because many of those who are engaged in agriculture have extensive knowledge of plants and animals that can be utilized by the ecotourism industry. The use of ecotourism as a development strategy is distinctive. For ecotourism to succeed, it must preserve the natural environment, but it must do so in a way that does not preclude growth in other sectors of the economy. Miller shows how the successful pursuit of foreign direct investment coupled with Costa Rica's immense biodiversity and its attractiveness to
Product details: Ecotourism Development in Costa Rica: The Search for Oro Verde
Author : Andrew P. Miller
Pages : 144 pages
Publisher : Lexington Books
Language :
ISBN-10 : 0739197258
ISBN-13 : 9780739197257

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