7 Satisfying Facts About The Sea Turtle - Page 5 of 9

Turtle tourism is a thing in Costa Rica

Some countries such as Costa Rica have turned their tourism to focus on sea turtles. Known as ecotourism, it has become popular to visit sea turtle conservation projects for your vacation. Tortuguero, Costa Rica, is considered to be the founding place for this concept.

They ditched their sea turtle meat and shell tourism for conservation and ecotourism. The Caribbean Conservation Corporation helped locals set up a sea turtle-protected area, where tourists can see turtles nesting and hatching with a local guide.