What happens when entire communities build their tourist businesses and livelihoods around an active volcano? That is the story of the rural communities surrounding Poás Volcano in the aftermath of this year’s eruptions that caused closure of the Poás Volcano National Park. The closure has left dozens if not hundreds of families struggling for their survival, having switched from agricultural related activities to tourism in previous decades when visitors started arriving by the thousands to chance to see the volcano’s blue crater and hike trails through the park’s enchanted misty forests. Residents have organized to clamor for the government to...
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