Costa Rica will Soon Unveil its
Fourth Fully Sustainable Resort
Giving the Eco-Tourist Another
Chance
Written by EditorsChoice
San José, CR (PRWEB) --
Costa Rica is a country rich in
culture and natural beauty and
resorts have finally started to
cater to the twenty-first
century traveler. Today,
travelers are attempting to
experience the social-cultural
and ecological aspects of the
local community.
There have been huge advances in
the conservation of the local
area and resorts have started to
follow the trend by assisting
its customers in finding their
perfect eco-friendly vacations.
Soon the Arenas Del Mar will
open its doors to customers
giving them an opportunity to
live amongst nature knowing that
they are not hurting the ecology
of the area.
Volcanoes, rivers, beaches,
waterfalls, and rainforests
cover the small country making
it a playground for visitors.
With so much natural beauty and
an increase in visitors each
year, the need for natural
conservation is at its highest
and the Costa Rican Tourism
Ministry is setting new
standards for sustainable
tourism.
Costa Rica has become a world
contender in adventure tourism
drawing in over 1.5 million
visitors a year. This causes
concerns for the Tourism
Ministry as it hopes that the
impact from all of these
travelers is limited or even
non-existent. To protect the
pristine environment and the
hundreds of native species, the
ministry has developed a way to
rate the hotels to measure the
level of environmental impact.
It measures the hotels based on
a one to five scale, (five being
the highest), the interaction
between the company and the
environment, the infrastructure,
the company's interaction with
its clients, and the interaction
between the business and the
local community.
Costa Rica features four of
these perfectly rated resorts.
The Hotel Villa Blanca, Lapa
Rios, Albergue Finca Rosa
Blanca, and Arenas Del Mar are
the best environmentally
conscious hotels in Costa Rica.
Nature meets luxury in all of
these hotels that boast natural
materials, energy efficient
electronics, and recycled goods.
They each have integrated the
natural aspects of the
rainforests and beaches to truly
make it a one of a kind
experience. In each location the
guests are greeted by wildlife
and can sit back and enjoy the
raw sounds of the ocean and
jungle.
The Arenas Del Mar, located on
the Pacific coast next to the
beautiful Manuel Antonio, takes
pride in incorporating the
environment with its structure.
Some of the unique
characteristics that make this
resort stand out among the rest
are only allowing electric cars
onto its property, the roof
tiles are made from recycled
plastic bags from the banana
industry, and they will have an
on-site recycling center. In
addition, they will only use
native plant species to decorate
the grounds. These are just a
couple of the precautions that
they have put forth to become
fully sustainable.
Energy efficient appliances,
thatch roofs, reducing the use
of fossil fuels, and even having
their own waste water plant, are
just some of the steps these
hotels have taken to achieve
sustainability. For customers
looking for paradise without
disturbing the local community,
it is easily achieved when
traveling to Costa Rica.
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