Belize, North America travel resource.

Belize,North America.

For much of its history, Belize has been a wild place, attractive to the adventurous and the hardy-pirates, loggers, settlers who could carve a place to live from the forbidding jungle. It was only a matter of time until adventurous eco-travelers found this corner of Central America. Today, Belize has become a rising star among those seeking active and educational vacations. They go to see its vast expanses of rain forest, rich collection of birds and animals, long stretch of coral reef and plentiful Maya ruins. And despite a weak international travel market, tourism has replaced agriculture as the largest industry in Belize, generating almost one-fifth of the country's GDP.
Of course, Belize's growing popularity is making it somewhat less wild than it used to be-especially if you find yourself in a well-appointed jungle lodge or seaside resort (even the sounds of howler monkeys can seem rather civilized when you're sipping cappuccino on the veranda). With the paving of the Southern Highway from Dangriga to Punta Gorda (except for an 8-mi/13-km stretch near Golden Stream), all of Belize's main roads (the Southern, Northern, Western and Hummingbird highways) are now in very good condition, though it will be some time before Belize becomes an easy place to get around.