An Ecological Park to be opened by Discovery Channel by 2020

Published on : Tuesday, April 18, 2017

By the year 2020, Discovery Costa Rica”, a $1 billion eco-tourism park will be opened for public close to Liberia, Guanacaste province. Sun Latin America is the main financier of the project. Discovery Communications Inc. will license its name in order to bank on followers from Latin American channels like Discovery Channel and Animal Planet.

Some of the key attractions include Discovery-branded hotels, eateries, restaurants and a water park wherein people can participate in activities like rock-climbing, scuba diving, hiking, etc. across four distinct locations in Costa Rica profiting from the countries major attractions, landmarks along with its rich biodiversity and conservation.

To quote Leigh Anne Brodsky, Executive Vice-President of Discovery Global Enterprises to Bloomberg news site, ‘Millennials are interested in something more than just sitting on a beach chair; they want to live an experience.’

More details on the said project will soon be published this Tuesday as confirmed by the President of Costa Rica, Luis Guillermo Solís via his Facebook page. President confirmed that the project will be built in a 2,000 acre (800 hectares) of land in Guanacaste.