Tourism Guides of Piedras Blancas

$17.3K USD

Funder	Inter-American Foundation
Recipient Organization	Asociacin de Guas de Turismo de Piedras Blancas
Country	Costa Rica
Start Date	Mar 23, 2014
End Date	May 22, 2016
Duration	791 days
Number of Grantees	2
Roles	Recipient
Data Source	US Foreign Aid
Grant ID	`52348-36`

Grant Description

AGTPB will further community-based tourism in the Piedras Blancas National Park, Puntarenas and surrounding areas by training young members to become licensed guides, conducting a feasibility study to define the services to be offered, acquiring administrative, communication and negotiation skills, and organizing workshops on the environment in local schools.

The project will benefit 20 community residents directly and another 50 indirectly.