"Martha Honey is Co-Founder and Director Emeritus of the Center for Responsible Travel (CREST), based in Washington, DC. Over the last two decades, she has written and lectured widely on ecotourism, impact tourism, cruise and resort tourism, climate change, and certification issues." from LinkedIn
“In Costa Rica,women’s handicraft cooperatives catering to the tourist market have flourished, providingmany women, for the first time, with both independent incomes and improved self-esteem.”