105 - What is Community Based Tourism? Visiting the Bribri community in Costa Rica!

To try to find out more about community-based tourism, I went to go visit one of the Bribri communities in Puerto Viejo, Costa Rica. The tour was organised by ATEC (Asociación Talamanqueña de Ecoturismo y Conservación) who focus on eco-tourism. It was a great day finding out about the Bribri's cultures and traditions, as well as making, eating and covering myself in chocolate!
This was an opportunity to find out more about community-based tourism and what this actually means. I learnt about the economic side to tourism, and how community-based tourism can give some control and ownership back to the communities, allowing them to use tourism as a tool for development.
I will be doing more community-based tours over the course of my travels to see what else I can discover.
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You can find out more about ATEC and the different tours they provide at ateccr.org/. I would highly recommend checking them out if you are in Puerto Viejo.
You can find out more about my travels and my exploration of sustainable travel at beanexploring.com
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[@cynthiamori5095]

Thanks for uploading the clip. Great day and it was a pleasure to meet you.

[@I-likelocal]

Although ecotourism gets a majority of the spotlight in Costa Rica, it's nice to see these kinds of community-based travel experiences thriving!

[@beanexploring53]

Absolutely. I think there's going to be more and more of this type of tourism. And the better for it!

[@AhoiFernweh]

I also visited watsi, that is real and authentic tourism

[@tsinikichawakbribri]

Shkẽ̀ũk yàmĩ
Saludos amiga
Greetings friend
#Bribri_Tribe

[@jamie3319]

how do the tourists going there help the community( people's livelihood and income ) ?