Ecoturismo en Costa Rica: estado del arte a partir de investigaciones publicadas en las revistas de las universidades públicas costarricenses
Fecha
2016
Autores
Hernández Ulate, Aurora
Picón Cruz, Juan Carlos
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
Resumen
Este documento analiza la investigación académica del ecoturismo en Costa Rica, considerando los aportes conceptuales,
las tendencias temáticas, geográficas y metodológicas y los retos de la investigación en esta modalidad. Metodológicamente
se localizaron, en las revistas universitarias de las universidades públicas costarricenses, los artículos sobre el ecoturismo y
luego se elaboró un estado del arte.
Los resultados señalan que las características del ecoturismo son muy dinámicas e implican una incorporación de nuevos
espacios geográficos y de nuevos temas como el estudio de los encadenamientos o clúster que se desarrollan a partir de la
actividad de ecoturismo y la oferta educativa en ecoturismo que ofrecen las universidades públicas. Metodológicamente, la
mayor parte de las investigaciones son descriptivas. Como resultado se apunta que no existe una amplía producción
intelectual tendiente a fomentar un análisis crítico del estudio y práctica de la actividad. El reto es formar una comunidad
científica que dialogue sobre la producción y difusión del conocimiento en el área del turismo en general y para el caso
específico, sobre ecoturismo. Como conclusión, se observa la necesidad de avanzar hacia estudios críticos del ecoturismo e
iniciar una reflexión académica que permita la producción de teoría y revisión de conceptos.
This document analyzes the academic research on ecotourism in Costa Rica, considering the conceptual contributions, the thematic, geographic and methodological tendencies, and the challenges of this kind of research. Articles on ecotourism were located in university journals of the Costa Rican public universities and their contents analyzed. The results point out that the characteristics of ecotourism are very dynamic and imply the incorporation of new geographic spaces and topics, such as the study of clusters developed from the activity of eco-tourism and the curricular options on ecotourism in public universities. Methodologically speaking, most of the research is descriptive. As a result, we can say that there is no comprehensive intellectual production trying to nurture the critical analysis on the study and practice of ecotourism. The challenge is to form a scientific community to discuss on the production and distribution of knowledge in the field of tourism and in the field of ecotourism in particular. As a conclusion, we point out the need to advance toward critical studies on ecotourism and start an academic reflection that allows the production of theory and the revisioning of concepts
This document analyzes the academic research on ecotourism in Costa Rica, considering the conceptual contributions, the thematic, geographic and methodological tendencies, and the challenges of this kind of research. Articles on ecotourism were located in university journals of the Costa Rican public universities and their contents analyzed. The results point out that the characteristics of ecotourism are very dynamic and imply the incorporation of new geographic spaces and topics, such as the study of clusters developed from the activity of eco-tourism and the curricular options on ecotourism in public universities. Methodologically speaking, most of the research is descriptive. As a result, we can say that there is no comprehensive intellectual production trying to nurture the critical analysis on the study and practice of ecotourism. The challenge is to form a scientific community to discuss on the production and distribution of knowledge in the field of tourism and in the field of ecotourism in particular. As a conclusion, we point out the need to advance toward critical studies on ecotourism and start an academic reflection that allows the production of theory and the revisioning of concepts
Descripción
Revista de Análisis Turístico, nº 21, 1º semestre 2016, pp. 11-21
Palabras clave
ECOTURISMO, TURISMO, PRODUCION ACÁDEMICA, INSTITUCIONES PÚBLICAS, UNIVERSIDADES, COSTA RICA