The Tourism Minister of Costa Rica, Carlos Benavides, became the first Costa Rican president of the World Tourism Organization, after being elected during the 84th meeting of the Executive Council last Thursday at the Congress Palace in Madrid, Spain.

Thirty guides were part of “The small giants that changed the world of the 19th century. Nicaragua - Costa Rica - Panama ", the adopted name by the training, organized at the Bougainvillea Hotel, in Heredia.

On Sunday October the 5th, between 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. the streets of San José Paseo Colón were closed to promote the conservation efforts different Costa Rican companies are developing.