We innovate to Promote Sustainable Tourism
CANAECO is a private non-profit organization that works to promote sustainability in the Costa Rican tourism sector. It was created on June 17, 2003, becoming the first chamber that specifically addresses the issues of ecotourism and sustainable tourism in the country and in Central America.
Sponsors
We support companies in their sustainability management.
For more than 20 years we have developed projects that allow companies to strengthen their sustainability management through training, volunteering, awareness campaigns, consultancy, strategic alliances and development of projects such as the Climate-Conscious Travelers Program and the International Conference in Sustainable Tourism, Planet, People, Peace.
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Strategic Alliances
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How is compensation done?
The International Sustainable Tourism Conference: Planet, People, Peace – P3, is the only international event on sustainable tourism held in Costa Rica. It is organized by CANAECO with the support of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT), in order to share experiences and knowledge between Costa Rica and other countries in the world, which allow promoting sustainability in the global tourism industry.
Travelers with Climate Awareness Program
The VCC Program aims to offset, on a voluntary basis, CO2e emissions generated by international flights, domestic flights and land transport, resulting from the trips of tourists visiting the country and of nationals abroad or within the country .
How is compensation done?
1. Send the request to purchase carbon credits to CANAECO by email administracion@canaeco.org
2. CANAECO calculates the GHG emissions that are emitted from the traveler's starting point to the destination and sends the traveler the result of the measurement and its cost at a rate of $7.5 per ton of CO2e.
3. Once payment is received, CANAECO sends the carbon credit purchase certificate to the traveler or company.
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