- Title
- A framework for sustainable ecotourism : Application to Costa Rica
- Creator
- Courvisanos, Jerry; Jain, Ameeta
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/59712
- Identifier
- vital:210
- Identifier
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https://doi.org/10.1080/14790530600938378
- Identifier
- ISSN:1479-053X
- Abstract
- Costa Rica is a small Central American nation that has gained an international reputation as a leader in environmental conservation. This has formed the base for its highly successful and lucrative small-scale ecotourism industry. However, there are threats from high rates of deforestation and expanding large-scale tourism that is trading on strong environmental credentials, so it is appropriate to conduct this policy analysis on such a significant ecotourism area. The paper develops an ecologically sustainable economic framework, drawing on the works of Adolph Lowe (1893-1995) and Michal Kalecki (1899-1970), to examine the Costa Rican experience and then analyse lessons for general policy development of any ecotourism area. The analysis is conducted from a political economy (and not a tourism management) perspective on the trade-offs between small-scale and large-scale ecotourism.; C1
- Publisher
- London, UK Routledge (Taylor & Francis Group)
- Relation
- Tourism and hospitality planning and development Vol. 3, no. 2 (2006), p. 131-142
- Rights
- Copyright Taylor & Francis
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1504 Commercial Services; Costa; Rica; Political; Economy; Ecotourism; Tourism
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