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( heard / ever / the / of / have / you / country )?
Have you ever heard of the country?
( has / all / area / to / equal / of / land / roughly / a / it / Shikoku and Kyushu ).
It has a land area roughly equal to all of Shikoku and Kyushu.
( of / Europe and Japan / from / visitors / has / been / the / number / increasing ).
The number of visitors from Europe and Japan has been increasing.
( 500,000 / home / than / it / is / more / to / species ).
It is home to more than 500,000 species.
( climate zones / the / variety / is / to / of / ecosystems / there / it / and / due ).
It is due to the variety of ecosystems and climate zones there.
( also / important / that / is / of / 25% / national parks / for / is the fact / used / and / the country’s land / reserves ).
Also important is the fact that 25% of the country’s land is used for national parks and reserves.
( I / beautiful / hope / our / want / this / to / you / visit / makes / country ).
I hope this makes you want to visit our beautiful country.
( responsible / is / ecotourism / travel / conserves / to / natural areas / that / the environment ).
Ecotourism is responsible travel to natural areas that conserves the environment.
( with / and / another / cultural assets / preserve / helps / the money / way, / put / conserve nature / ecotourism / from tourism ).
Put another way, ecotourism helps conserve nature and preserve cultural assets with the money from tourism
( the / educational / environmental / through / it / raises / tourists / of / awareness / experiences ).
It raises the environmental awareness of tourists through educational experiences.
( we / we humans / to / change / after / our behavior / something / only / tend / experience / personally ).
We humans tend to change our behavior only after we experience something personally.
( minimize / negative / aims / impact / up, / on / to / the / sum / ecotourism / to / nature, culture, and local communities ).
To sum up, ecotourism aims to minimize the negative impact on nature, culture, and local communities.
( small / carried / a / usually / is / out / ecotourism / on / scale ).
Ecotourism is usually carried out on a small scale.
( from / mass / sense, / different / this / is / in / ecotourism / tourism ).
In this sense, ecotourism is different from mass tourism.
( about / be / in / curious / ecotourism / what / may / is / like / you / its birthplace ).
You may be curious about what ecotourism is like in its birthplace.
( get / bus / by / hours / there / from / four / took / it / to / you / the capital ).
It took you four hours by bus to get there from the capital.
( hearty / breakfast / a / you / enjoy / of / fresh fruit, toast, eggs, and tea or coffee ).
You enjoy a hearty breakfast of fresh fruit, toast, eggs, and tea or coffee.
( ready / have / to / that / you / are / you / your / batteries, / recharged / now / go ).
Now that you have recharged your batteries, you are ready to go!
(I / can / this / most / experience / think / out / without / get / of / a / the / don’t / unique / you / guide ).
I don’t think you can get the most out of this unique experience without a guide.
( provide / guides / bilingual / can / wealth / a / the / of / information ).
The bilingual guides can provide a wealth of information.
( use / encourage / while / you / will / senses / to / they / your / walking ).
They will encourage you to use your senses while walking.
( help / will / you / spot / they / as / many / as / creatures / possible ).
They will help you spot as many creatures as possible.
( you / might / when / reflect / these precious experiences, / your values / of / on / change / you / and / way / even / thinking ).
When you reflect on these precious experiences, you might even change your values and way of thinking.
( more / tourism / of / than / for / 5% / accounts / Costa Rica’s GDP ).
Tourism accounts for more than 5% of Costa Rica’s GDP.
( of / coffee, pineapples, and bananas / income / it / than / more / brings / the international sales / in / combined ).
It brings in more income than the international sales of coffee, pineapples, and bananas combined.