C  S  T    Program

Hotel  Divisamar  is  proud  to be  part of the effort of conserve the nature  and the green area of Manuel Antonio, there for, we agree to establish several programs  in the past years and with  the  government   policies of Conservation, there support, which  we are  Award with :  

II  Level   or  Two  Palms    

Participation in the program is entirely voluntary !!!

It is a Program by  the  ICT,  seeks to categorize and certify each tourism company according to the degree to which its operations comply to a model of sustainability. Four fundamental aspects are evaluated:

1.       Physical-biological parameters

2.       Infrastructure and services

3.       External clients

4.       Socio-economic environment

The following table shows the correlation between the levels and the percentage of attained:

The Certification in Sustainable Tourism Program - CST - is a product of the Costa Rican Tourism Institute (ICT). CST was designed to differentiate tourism sector businesses based on the degree to which they comply with a sustainable model of natural, cultural and social resource management.

CST is regulated by the Costa Rican National Accreditation Commission and consists of a scale of 5 "levels" of sustainable tourism achievement.

The C.S.T. Program was developed by the Sustainability Programs
Department of the Costa Rica Tourist Board and the Costa Rica National
Accreditation Commission.

For more information, please contact       www.turismo-sostenible.co.cr

Telephone: (506) 2 299-5800, ext. 346 or 371,
or dial direct line  (506) 2 291-5740  Fax: (506) 2 220-3559
P. O.  Box 777-1000   San José, Costa Rica