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National Parks Are Top
Dollar-Earners
The national parks of Costa Rica
generated more dollars than the
joint exports of bananas,
coffee, and pineapples in the
year 2002, according to the
Ministro de Hacienda (Minister of Finance) Federico
Carrillo.
While the protected
areas earned us$814.5 million that
year, the combined income from
the three agro products mentioned was
us$793 million.
Official sources
said that the overall amount for
the protected areas includes
admission fees, hotels, car
rentals, fuels, and other
related areas.
Minister Carrillo
resorted to these data in order
to promote more funds for the
parks, which currently meet a
shortage in maintenance and
wardens, two major areas in
which the park system is weak.
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