| ACAV: Asociacion costarricense de Agencias de Viajes |
| ACOT: Asociacion costarricense Operatores de Tours |
| ACOPROT: Asociacion costaricense de Profesionales en Turismo |
| AGÖT: Arbeitsgruppe Ökotourismus |
| ANAI: Asociacion ANAI |
| ATC: Australien Tourism Commission |
| BIP: Bruttoinlandsprodukt |
| BSP: Bruttosozialprodukt |
| BMZ: Bundesministerium für wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit |
| CACORE: Camara costaricense de Restaurantes y Afines |
| CANATUR: Camara Nacional de Turismo de Costa Rica |
| CANAMET: Camara Nacional de Microempresarios Turisticos |
| CATIE: Center for Research and Education of Tropical Agronomy |
| CANECO: Camara Nacional de Ecoturismo |
| CCH: Camara costarricense de Hoteles |
| CST: Certification of Sustainable Development |
| DAC: Development Assistance Committee |
| ETS: Ecotourism Society |
| ff. : folgende |
| GTZ: Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit |
| ICT: Instituto Costarricense deTurismo |
| IICA: Inter American Institute of Cooperation for Agriculture |
IUCN: Internationale
Union
for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Ressources |
| LDC´s: Least Developed Countries |
| MINAE: Ministerio
del
Ambiente y Energia |
| NRO´s: Nichtregierungsorganisationen |
| OECD: Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development |
| PLN: Partido de Liberacion Nacional |
| PUSC: Partido de la Unidad Socialcristiana |
| SINAC: Sistema Nacional de Costa Rica |
| TEN: The World Turism European Ecumenical Net |
| TNC: The Nature Conservancy |
| UNCED: United Nations Conference on Environmental Development |
| UNO: United Nations Organisation |
| US Aid: Unites States Aid |
| USA
:United States of America |
| vgl.: vergleiche |
| WEB: Weltentwicklungsbericht |
| WTO: World Tourism Organisation |
| WTTC: World Travel and Tourism Council |
| WWF: World Wildlife Fund |
