Sustainable Tourism

According to the UN World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) "Sustainable tourism development guidelines and management practices are applicable to all forms of tourism in all types of destinations, including mass tourism and the various niche tourism segments."

Sustainable tourism is tourism that achieves balance between the use of environmental and socio-cultural resources while generating economic benefits. The suitable balance between these three dimensions guarantees long-term sustainability.

Costa Rica Undiscovered will help you plan a sustainable tourism vacation to Costa Rica.  We will help introduce you to hotels that have been certified by Costa Rica’s CST program, created by the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) designed to differentiate tourism sector businesses based on the degree to which they comply with a sustainable model of natural, cultural and social resource management.  CST is regulated by the Costa Rican National Accreditation Commission and consists of a scale of 5 "levels" of sustainable tourism achievement. 

Learn more about the CST

Learn more about our partners that are supporting sustainable tourism development .