Rio Perdido is proud to be a part of Tourism – Local Development Engine, a multi-institutional effort to leverage the power of tourism as an engine for rural development through sustainable, local purchasing of agricultural products.
Our goal is to improve the lives of farming communities and those employed in the tourism industry by identifying market opportunities for sustainable agriculture products for the tourism sector.
Key activities of this project include:
● Mapping tourist regions with the potential to become local markets
● Selecting value chains and performing inventory of current providers
● Strengthening business capacities among providers
● Facilitating access to financial resources
● Encouraging the demand for local and sustainable products among tourism companies and signing sustainable supply contracts
● Promoting the tourist participation to generate demand
The Tu-Modelo project is the result of a public-private alliance between Fundecooperación, the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT) and the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock (MAG), local tourism associations, institutions, and partners of the private sector.