A friend of mine sent me a picture of a toucan that was used in an advertisement to promote visits to Panama!
For my surprise, it wasn't any of the species of toucan that inhabit our country!
It was a Toco Toucan (Ramphastos toco) from South America!
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| The actual distribution of Toco Toucan NOT FOUND IN PANAMA |
When my friend so the add he got a little upset and send it to me to see if we could do something! I went around the internet and grab some more examples and I will explain WHY you should be very careful when you pick the company you're traveling with
1) if a company can not make the difference between a Toco toucan and Keel-Billed Toucan you should not handle your money! This is very simple: they are not being respectful to you. They consider that you would be as simple tourist without the capacity to analyze or understand the place you are visiting. They assume that you will be enchanted with any colorful toucan and you going to buy if they show you anything colorful!
2) That means that they're not taking care or considerations when they hiring local providers to fit your tours. It is very likely that they never had gone out to look at toucans in Metropolitan Nature Park or Pipeline Road! They may have never visited Panama before and have no idea how things are here!
3) It also means that you will be supporting a company that, perhaps, maybe involve in other nasty kinds of tourism like sex tourism or abusing of local outfitters.
I going to show you some pictures of Panamanian companies or companies from abroad that use Toco toucan a South America species, not found in Panama, to promote my beautiful country.
Panama has already 8 species of toucans all of them extremely beautiful!
So please use a company that respects you, respect the country they are doing business and respect the Toco Toucan. Don't give money to crooks!
