Volcanes y ecoturismo en México y América Central
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2014
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Quirós Arias, Lilliam
Sánchez Crispín, Álvaro
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Universidad Nacional, Costa Rica
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En los últimos treinta años, el turismo se ha convertido en un tema recurrente en investigaciones geográficas tanto a nivel mundial como en América Latina. La Geografía del turismo es una rama de la Geografía Económica que se enseña en varias escuelas y facultades de Geografía del subcontinente, cada una con maneras propias de abordar el análisis del proceso turístico en el territorio. Las distintas versiones de llevar a cabo el turismo en determinados espacios, en búsqueda de particulares recursos, naturales, culturales o una mezcla de ambos, han conducido a la proliferación de los tipos de turismo que se reconocen en la actualidad: turismo de sol y playa (la más extendida y estereotipada de todas las formas de la actividad turística que se conocen); turismo sexual; turismo religioso; turismo de negocios; turismo en áreas naturales protegidas; turismo astronómico; turismo negro y ecoturismo, por mencionar algunos. Mientras más específico es el turismo y mayor es la demanda por visitar lugares exclusivos y alejados de los sitios hacia los que concurren las corrientes y flujos más nutridos de turistas internacionales, más original
se vuelve la versión del turismo que se practica. Es así que las variantes nuevas del turismo, como el turismo de aventura, el de naturaleza o el agroecoturismo, están generadas, en su gran mayoría, por un turismo de élite, con una capacidad de consumo tan grande que, a quienes lo practican, les permite llegar a Botswana y poder observar en alojamientos temporales específicamente construidos manadas de hipopótamos al amanecer. El turista que persigue estos nuevos modelos de hacer turismo en territorios antes desconocidos no quiere estar al lado de miles de personas, la mayoría extranjeras, que saturan las playas de cualquier país del Caribe oriental, incluido Cancún, por ejemplo.
Over the last thirty years, tourism has become a recurring theme in geographical research both globally and inThe different ways of conducting tourism in certain areas, in search of particular natural or cultural resources, or a mixture of both, have led to the proliferation of the types of tourism that are recognized today: sun and beach tourism (the most widespread and stereotypical of all known forms of tourism); sex tourism; religious tourism; business tourism; tourism in protected natural areas; astronomical tourism; dark tourism and ecotourism, to name a few. Latin America. The geography of tourism is a branch of economic geography that is taught in various geography schools and faculties across the subcontinent, each with its own approach to analyzing the tourism process in the territory.The more specific tourism becomes and the greater the demand to visit exclusive places far from the sites most frequented by the largest flows of international tourists, the more original the version of tourism that is practiced becomes. Thus, new forms of tourism, such as adventure tourism, nature tourism, and agro-ecotourism, are largely generated by elite tourism, with such high spending power that those who practice it can travel to Botswana and observe herds of hippos at dawn from specially built temporary accommodations. Tourists who pursue these new models of tourism in previously unknown territories do not want to be alongside thousands of people, most of them foreigners, who crowd the beaches of any country in the eastern Caribbean, including Cancun, for example.
Over the last thirty years, tourism has become a recurring theme in geographical research both globally and inThe different ways of conducting tourism in certain areas, in search of particular natural or cultural resources, or a mixture of both, have led to the proliferation of the types of tourism that are recognized today: sun and beach tourism (the most widespread and stereotypical of all known forms of tourism); sex tourism; religious tourism; business tourism; tourism in protected natural areas; astronomical tourism; dark tourism and ecotourism, to name a few. Latin America. The geography of tourism is a branch of economic geography that is taught in various geography schools and faculties across the subcontinent, each with its own approach to analyzing the tourism process in the territory.The more specific tourism becomes and the greater the demand to visit exclusive places far from the sites most frequented by the largest flows of international tourists, the more original the version of tourism that is practiced becomes. Thus, new forms of tourism, such as adventure tourism, nature tourism, and agro-ecotourism, are largely generated by elite tourism, with such high spending power that those who practice it can travel to Botswana and observe herds of hippos at dawn from specially built temporary accommodations. Tourists who pursue these new models of tourism in previously unknown territories do not want to be alongside thousands of people, most of them foreigners, who crowd the beaches of any country in the eastern Caribbean, including Cancun, for example.
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TURISMO ECOLÓGICO, VOLCANES, ÁREAS DE PROTECCIÓN, TURISMO, MÉXICO, AMÉRICA LATINA, COSTA RICA, POBLACIÓN, GEOGRAFÍA, ECOTOURISM, VOLCANOES, PROTECTED AREAS, TOURISM, LATIN AMERICA, POPULATION, GEOGRAPHY
