Community Tourism

Community tourism has been offered as a mechanism to diversify the families income in the coffee producing communities. The experiences include coffee tours, workshops and cooking classes . These experiences mean a way to diversify the income of the coffee producing families. With each tour the producers not only show their public meaningful information but also learn and grow from giving the tours.

The workshops at the beginning of 2020 included pepian cooking classes conducted by women of the community, a peanut butter cooking workshop conducted by the two daughters of a coffee producer, a burlap bag workshop conducted by three daughters of another coffee producer and a textile bag workshop conducted by another talented daughter of a coffee producer. Trainings were given to a group of women for them to learn the protocols on food handling hygiene and vegetarian cooking in order to improve the quality of the workshops they give.

TOTAL PAY OUT TO COMMUNITIES FROM TOUR EXPERIENCES 82 people took workshops Gross Income $2,230.00

TOURS 660 people took tours Gross Income $15,861.00

TRADITIONAL MEAL COOKING CLASSES 157 people took classes Gross Income $3526.00

WORKSHOPS 82 people took workshops Gross Income $2,230.00