Costa Rica was one of the first ecotourism success stories.At one time Costa Rica had the highest rate of deforestation in all of Latin America.However since ecotouism there has been a dramatic reduction in deforestation.Now more than a quarter of Costa Rica has land is protected from development. Costa Rica is now the world is top ecotourism destination.Amazingly this small country of four million people has about 1.5 million visitors per year.