Costa Rica – आवारा मुसाफिर

Spotlight on responsible, nature-positive growth for tourism sector

September 12, 2024134 Views

UN Tourism’s Committee on Tourism and Sustainability meets in Costa Rica The Committee recessed for a full two-day meeting to review and discuss global challenges of tourism and the path towards more sustainable, desirable and resilient development. The 19th meeting of the Committee (CTS) brought together in Costa Rica the elected members of the Committee from Africa, Asia and the Pacific, Europe and the Americas. A total of 140 leading policymakers and experts reflected in-depth on pathways for balancing growth and prosperity with inclusiveness and sustainability. Over the course of two days, special Thematic Sessions focused on the key sustainability challenges posed as the sector continues to grow, with an expected 35 billion domestic, same-day and international visitors expect...

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Rainforest birds in Costa Rica find an unusual sanctuary

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September 6, 2023531 Views

Farms with natural landscape features provide a refuge for bird populations Small farms with natural landscape features such as shade trees, hedgerows and tracts of intact forest provide a refuge for some tropical bird populations, according to an 18-year study in Costa Rica. For almost two decades, ornithologist James Zook has been collecting detailed records on nearly 430 tropical bird species found on small farms, plantations and undisturbed forests in the country. This photo provided by researchers shows a diversified farm in Finca, Coto Brus, Costa Rica. (Gretchen C. Daily via AP) While birds thrive the most in undisturbed rainforests, Zook said some species usually found in forests can establish populations in “diversified farms” that partially mimic a natural forest env...

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Volcano in Costa Rica shows how life might have existed on Mars

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January 31, 2022616 Views

Extremely harsh volcanic lake is dominated by bacteria from a single 'extremophile' genus A few specialist microbes survive conditions analogous to those of Mars’ early history, reports a new publication in Frontiers in Astronomy and Space Science—and this may be thanks to a broad range of adaptations. The hydrothermal crater lake of the Poás volcano in Costa Rica is one of the most hostile habitats on the planet. The water is ultra-acidic, full of toxic metals and the temperatures range from comfortable to boiling. In addition, recurrent ‘phreatic eruptions’ cause sudden explosions of steam, ash and rock. Despite such deadly eruptions, hydrothermal environments may be where the earliest forms of life began on Earth—and potentially also on Mars, if there ever was life. Beyond discov...

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कोस्टा रिका के जंगल में, रुकें बोइंग 727 में

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April 9, 20211591 Views

आपने दुनियाभर में रुकने के कई अजीबोगरीब ठिकाने व होटल देखे-सुने होंगे। अक्सर ऐसा होता भी है कि हमें रुकने की रूटीन जगहों की तुलना में, चाहे वे कितनी भी आरामदेह क्यों न हों, कुछ अनूठी अजीब सी जगहें ज्यादा पसंद आती हैं। तो चलिए हम आपको ऐसी ही एक और जगह के बारे में बताते हैं। यह है कोस्टारिका में मैनुएल एंतोनियो नेशनल पार्क के ठीक पास स्थित कोस्तावर्दे होटल। पीछे जंगल, सामने समुद्र खास बात यह है कि इसका फीनिक्स स्यूइट दरअसल एक बोइंग 727 विमान का एयरफ्रेम है। यह बोइंग 727 विमान 1965 का बना हुआ है और अपनी उड़ान के दिनों में यह विमान साउथ अफ्रीका एयर और कोलंबिया की एविआंका एयरलाइंस के लिए यात्रियों को दुनियाभर में ले जाता था। फिर यह उम्र पूरी हो जाने के बाद सेवा से बाहर हुआ तो कोस्टा रिका की राजधानी सेन जोस हवाईअड्डे पर कहीं किनारे में खड़ा रहता था। कोस्तावर्दे के मालिकों ने इस हवाई जह...