{"id":1767,"date":"2020-07-24T14:33:23","date_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:33:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/?p=1767"},"modified":"2020-07-24T14:33:24","modified_gmt":"2020-07-24T14:33:24","slug":"costa-rica-appoints-new-tourism-minister-gustavo-segura-sancho","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/costa-rica-appoints-new-tourism-minister-gustavo-segura-sancho\/","title":{"rendered":"Costa Rica appoints new Tourism Minister,  Gustavo Segura Sancho"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"424\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-07-24-153216.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1768\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-07-24-153216.png 424w, https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-07-24-153216-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2020\/07\/Annotation-2020-07-24-153216-340x226.png 340w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The President of Costa Rica, Mr. Carlos\nAlvarado Quesada, has appointed Gustavo Segura Sancho as the country\u2019s new\nTourism Minister and Executive President of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitcostarica.com\/uk\/\">Costa Rica Tourism\nBoard<\/a> (ICT), replacing Mar\u00eda Amalia Revelo Ravent\u00f3s as head of the\ndepartment. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gustavo Segura Sancho has a degree in Economics\nfrom the University of Costa Rica and an MBA in Sustainable Development from\nthe prestigious INCAE Business School. His professional career includes\nextensive experience in both the public and private sectors. He spent seven years in the hotel industry as well as six years as a member of\nthe Board of Directors of the Costa Rican Tourism Board (ICT), five of them as its\nVice President.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Due to his vast experience in sustainable\ntourism, Segura Sancho was a key player in the implementation of Costa Rica\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ict.go.cr\/en\/sustainability\/cst.html\">Certificate for Sustainable Tourism<\/a> (CST). The CST categorises\ncompanies based on the degree to which they adhere to sustainable practices \u2013 a\npioneering programme launched by Costa Rica in 1997 and backed by the World\nTourism Organisation (UNWTO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Three clear areas are the main priorities for Gustavo\nSegura Sancho as Tourism Minister: the return of international flights gradually\nand safely; the implementation of tools to ease the financial difficulties of tourism\ncompanies; and the execution of measures to reactivate the economy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt is a great honour to serve Costa Rica as\nits new Tourism Minister, a position that comes with even a higher\nresponsibility at this time due to the complex situation caused by Covid-19, a pandemic\nthat has been particularly harmful to the tourism industry. It is my wish and\ntask that Costa Rica remains a key global tourism player,\u201d Gustavo Segura\nSancho said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The now former Tourism Minister, Mar\u00eda Amalia\nRevelo Ravent\u00f3s, handed over her position to the President last week due to\nhealth reasons.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The President of Costa Rica, Mr. Carlos Alvarado Quesada, has appointed Gustavo Segura Sancho as the country\u2019s new Tourism Minister and Executive President of the Costa Rica Tourism Board (ICT), replacing Mar\u00eda Amalia Revelo Ravent\u00f3s as head of the department. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/costa-rica-appoints-new-tourism-minister-gustavo-segura-sancho\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":1768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1767"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1769,"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1767\/revisions\/1769"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.puravidauniversity.eu\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}