{"id":49291,"date":"2021-02-10T17:05:16","date_gmt":"2021-02-10T16:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/?p=49291"},"modified":"2021-02-11T11:30:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-11T10:30:00","slug":"manuel-antonio-national-park-gets-awarded-with-certificate-of-sustainability-for-elite-tourism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/2021\/02\/manuel-antonio-national-park-gets-awarded-with-certificate-of-sustainability-for-elite-tourism\/","title":{"rendered":"Manuel Antonio National Park gets awarded with  \u201cCertificate of Sustainability for Elite Tourism\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-49328\" src=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/costa-rica-977048_1920-1024x575.jpg\" alt=\"Manuel Antonio National Park gets awarded with  \u201cCertificate of Sustainability for Elite Tourism\u201d\" width=\"1024\" height=\"575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/costa-rica-977048_1920-1024x575.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/costa-rica-977048_1920-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/costa-rica-977048_1920-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/costa-rica-977048_1920-1536x863.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/travindy.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/costa-rica-977048_1920.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\r\n<p><span class=\"wpsdc-drop-cap\">M<\/span>anuel Antonio National Park, located in Quepos, Puntarenas, received in January the Certificate of Sustainable Tourism (CST) in the Elite modality, granted by the Instituto Costaricense de Turismo (ICT), as reported by the director of the National Conservation System (SINAC) ), Rafael Guti\u00e9rrez.<\/p>\r\n<p>It is a recognition that has as a fundamental purpose to make the concept of sustainability something real, practical and necessary, within the context of the country\u2019s tourist competitiveness, in order to save the way in which natural and social resources are used.<\/p>\r\n<p>SINAC started the process of choice for this certificate in March 2020 and culminated in January this year with the CST concession of the Technical Verification Commission (CTV) of the Elite category for this Protected Wild Area.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Sustainable management<\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p>The Minister of Tourism, Gustavo Segura, said that SINAC demonstrates that the sustainable management of a National Park is possible, \u201cconsidering aspects of business management and measurement of social, environmental, cultural and economic impacts, as well as working with the communities of surrounding areas \u201c.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cFrom all points of view, obtaining the CST is considered a very high merit, since it also manages two natural resources and protection of the environment, the area will contribute technically to the orientation for sustainable tourism as a way to strengthen and support\u00a0 internal, local and regional socio-economic development\u201d, said the Minister.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>This is an excerpt from an article originally published on <a href=\"https:\/\/thecostaricanews.com\/manuel-antonio-national-park-obtains-certificate-of-sustainability-for-elite-tourism\/\">Costa Rica News.\u00a0<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Costa Rican National Park, Manuel Antonio, has been awarded with the\u00a0Certificate of Sustainable Tourism (CST) in the top category. 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