Lately I have read a lot of articles about how Costa Rica and Latin America in general are losing their jungles and forests. It worries me mostly because the articles were written from outsiders and they actually don’t have access to the true Costa Rica living. They can’t really see the amazing paradise in Costa Rica. I have to admit that there are huge hotels in Costa Rica and that bigger building and tourist facilities are being built everyday, yet I can see for myself that at the vacation retreats in Guanacaste, Costa Rica main tourist destination, are built in areas specified to hold building projects without harming the natural beauties of the area.
People in Costa Rica are very careful with their treasures and the jungles and forests in Costa Rica are their more valuable asset. They actually fight to keep their natural resources intact. In Costa Rica, rain forest is synonymous to richness and although it is shown as part of their main tourism activities it is being taken care of. I don’t think they are going to allow some rich man come and mess up what people in Costa Rica value the most.
On an article I read today, the writer was saying that there was a “rampant construction that environmentalists fear could balloon into noisy, sprawling resorts”. I would say there should be more investigation on the matter, since the Costa Rica tourism chamber is quite harsh whenever a new development project is offered. Just a couple of miles from my own house there is a natural resource that holds hundreds of hectares of Costa Rica jungles, animals, beaches and much more and I know for a fact they are not going to allow any kind of building going on there or in any other natural reservation unless the natural environment remains intact.
I am not saying that the articles are lying about Costa Rica, upcoming projects or anything but I do think they should be more assertive about the increase in real estate Costa Rica is experiencing and the fact that such a rich country will not compromise the value of having many of the most impressive natural locations in Latin America.