Hernández Ulate, AuroraPicón Cruz, Juan Carlos2024-06-072024-06-0720131409-2158http://hdl.handle.net/11056/28215En Revista de Ciencias Ambientales. (junio, 2013). Vol 45 (1): 41-50.En este articulo se Reflexiona sobre el uso del agua en servicios y actividades propias del turismo de sol y playa en regiones secas como Guanacaste, en el pacífico norte de Csota Rica Para entender la relacion que se establece entre la actividad turistica y el consumo de agua, se utiliza el concepto de huella hidrica. Se discuten las implicaciones de este modelo de consumo especialmente en ambientes secos, donde se depende de la extraccion subterranea del recurso hidrico. La informacion proviene de fuentes secundarias. El proposito de este articulo es aportar a las discusiones que estan realizando diversos actores en la zona sobre el uso del agua en ambientes secos y como esto debiera manifestarse en politicas publicas que guien la gestion del agua.This article Reflects on the use of water water in services and activities and activities of sun and beach sun and beach tourism in dry regions as Guanacaste, in the north pacific of Costa Rica. To understand the relationship between tourism activity and water consumption tourism and water consumption consumption, the concept of water footprint is of water footprint. The implications are discussed at implications of this model of implications of this consumption model especially in dry environments dry environments, where reliance subway extraction of water resources. The information comes from secondary secondary sources. The purpose of of this article is to contribute to the discussions that are being carried out by various stakeholders in the the area on the use of water in dry dry environments and how this should should be manifested in public policies policies to guide water management. water management.spaAcceso abiertohttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/AGUATURISMOCLIMARECURSOS HíDRICOSCONSUMO DE AGUAMANEJO DE AGUASGUANACASTE (COSTA RICA)http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501http://dx.doi.org/10.15359/rca.45-1.4