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National
Tourism Sector Given An Award In Sseveral
Categories
(InfoWebPress) The Chamber of National
Tourism (CANATUR for their abbreviation in
Spanish), handed over a recognition to the
national tourism industry.
With this award CANATUR seeks to pay tribute
to those persons, companies and institutions
that have been recognized for their diverse
contributions in favor of the touristic
Development of Costa Rica.
Gonzalo Vargas, President of CANATUR,
recognized the combined effort that the
group of professionals has done to face the
hard tasks that the financial crisis has
presented to this sector.
“The tourism sector in Costa Rica can brag
of being that triple wound thread, that by
the combination of its efforts has not
broken to the tugs imposed upon it by
difficulties. Three parts of a whole, each
one understanding its purpose, recognizing
their differences, but assuming with
humility their interdependence and as a
united strength, combine work, ideas,
creativity and guts, to come ahead in the
world and shout that within the crisis there
is opportunity”, referring to the labor
associated with the business sector of
tourism, CANATUR, and the ICT.
“These are the efforts that we recognize in
these awards tonight, in which we celebrate
excellence, the constructive information
about subjects of our sector. Tonight we
applaud the commitment of the regional
chambers, the effort and bravery that hotel
operators, travel agencies, logistics
operators, restaurants, rent a cars and
those companies distinguished by their
leadership in their actions of social
responsibility”, manifested Vargas before
initiating the handover of the awards.
CANATUR awards ten categories, and the
winners of the 2009 edition including the
“Luis Paulino Jimenez” Touristic Merit
Recognition, prize corresponding to the
hotel operator category and the winner was
the Hacienda Tayutic hotel in Turrialba.
For Laura Ramirez, general manager of the
Hacienda Tayutic hotel “it is a great
achievement to have won the award, we have
performed important work with the community;
Hacienda Tayutic is a hotel of only six
romos, all our personnel of gardners,
guards, maintenance, kitchen, reception and
other people of the same community have
trained themselves through the years to
offer the excellent service that the hotel
provides. The hotel is an important source
of work for Sitio Mata through the direct
and indirect hiring of services”.
Ramirez added that “in Hacienda Tayutic we
support the local farmer, the crps are
cultivated organically on the same farm or
bought from neighbors that grow them, in
general all food is bought to local
providers. We have a wonder labeled primary
forest with paths so the tourists can get to
know the species of the area and used by the
indigenous residents. We also offer an
agrotour that explains the coffee process,
the mill and the macadamia”.
The criteria taken into account at the time
that the winners were chosen were to have at
least ten years of operation, as well as
demonstrated efforts such as the Sustainable
Tourism Certification (CST), Blue Flag, ISO,
National Strategy and Climate Change,
programs for social business responsibility,
recognition as a leader of an initiative or
giving towards the development of the sector
and also, to be affiliated and actively
participating in the CANATUR events.
“We believe that this prize and the one
bestowed upon by the Turrialba Chamber of
Tourism, who also came out a winner in their
category, is not only going to help the
community where the hotel is located, but
all of the canton of Turrialba, offer many
attractions both for the foreign tourist as
well as the national tourist. We have the
Guayabo Archaeological Park, the Turrialba
Volcano, the CATIE Botanical Garden,
agrotourism, adventure tourism, like
rafting, canopy, etc.”, added Laura Ramirez
regarding the “Hernan Chaverri” Recognition
to Touristic Merit, corresponding to
regional chambers of tourism, whose winner
was the Turrialba Chamber of Tourism. |
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