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About Us
• The National Chamber of Ecotourism (Cámara Nacional de Ecoturismo, CANAECO) is a nonprofit, private organization that brings together natural and legal persons related to the ecotourism sector in our country.
• Founded on June 17, 2003.
Background
The National Chamber of Ecotourism (Cámara Nacional de Ecoturismo, CANAECO) is a nonprofit, private organization that brings together natural and legal persons related to the ecotourism sector in our country. Founded on the 17th June, 2003 in the premises of the National Chamber of Tourism of Costa Rica (Cámara Nacional de Ecoturismo, CANAECO).
Moreover, in Central America this is the first National Chamber specifically addressing the needs of the ecotourism sector.
Similarly, in Central America, there wasn’t a definition of ecotourism, until June, 2004, thanks to the initiative of the Board of CANAECO, when a group of business experts in the area met, who were affiliated to the Chamber, to discuss widely according to the different approaches, about what actually describes the word ecotourism, being approved during the 2004 Central America International Ecotourism Forum, with an attendance of one hundred and fifteen people from all over the world being approved its concept of the following way:
Ecotourism
It is a specialized section of responsible tourism, which promotes and supports nature conservation and cultural values of destinations, it interprets them for the customer, supports the socio-economic improvement of the local communities, and seeks to sensitize and satisfy customers, in an ethical manner. It maintains its activities with a design and a scale appropriate to the surroundings, and offers to its customers a direct and personal contact with nature and the local culture.
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