A Model for touristic cities: The Case of Nicaragua
Tourism is considered one of the main sectors for the development of Cultural and Creative industries, which are drivers of social, economic, and cultural development in our communities.In Nicaragua, the right of our people to create and enjoy all forms of art and culture is recognized. To this end, laws,…
Destination management… An imperative necessity
The problems arising from the terrorist threat and the restrictions it imposes on the freedom to travel to certain countries, as well as overtourism, are driving a redefinition of destinations. In the case of the terrorist threat, between 2017 and 2020 there were at least 35 terrorist attacks that directly…
Management for Sustainable Tourism Development: The Pending Task
In our previous column, we shared the idea expressed by numerous academics and other observers of the international reality, that the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic would allow us, as few times in the recent history of world tourism, to face the crisis as an opportunity. The progressive recovery of…
Challenges of Economic Reactivation in Tourist Destinations
The objective of these lines is to generate a proposal to join efforts in the economic reactivation of tourism, this through a comparative study of the organizations related to providing services to tourism and complementary to have diagnoses that allow decision-making for the benefit of tourist destinations. An exercise that…
Perspectives of tourism in the context of a global socio-environmental crisis
La crisis sanitaria de COVID-19 ha llevado países a implementar medidas que han afectado profundamente las movilidades mundiales. Estudios realizados en el extremo sur de Chile buscan evaluar los impactos de las crisis socioambientales, sanitaria y climática y las perspectivas para la reactivación del turismo. Evaluando tendencias internacionales y entrevistando a actores locales se observa que la región de Aysén podría verse beneficiada con la evolución de los intereses de viajeros para un destino de naturaleza alejado de grandes centros urbanos. Sin embargo la reactivación del turismo se enfrenta a un escenario social y ambiental complejo que obliga a pensar en modelos alternativos adaptados a un escenario de mayor incertidumbre y de la necesaria protección de la naturaleza.
Why is it important to understand the effects of climate change on the tourism sector of the Caribbean?
Climate Change and Tourism: Basic Notions The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) asserts that human activities are responsible for the dramatic increase in greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) in the atmosphere, resulting in anthropogenic climate change that is underway. Evidence of this is seen in records of the world’s average…
“From Mass Tourism to Alternative Tourism, a Challenge Towards Creativity”: The Major Challenges Facing Mexico
Undoubtedly, traveling represents a synonym of pleasure and quality of life; it is also one of the most expressive ways of establishing and developing physical, intellectual, moral, and emotional values. Therefore, tourism cannot be static; tourism as an economic and social activity must respond to the movements, changes, and demands…
Economic Sustainability and Employment in Tourist Destinations
It is widely accepted that sustainable tourism is the best way to develop tourism activities and regional and/or local economies by balancing the economic, social, and environmental objectives of sustainable development. However, in many tourist destinations, there has been a significant and necessary focus, effort, and commitment towards environmental, cultural,…