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Ecotourism implemented in the globalized world as an alternative to economic and social development

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  • Edwin Eduardo Millán-Rojas
  • Verenice Sánchez-Castillo
  • Carlos Alberto Gómez-Cano

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El presente trabajodesarrolla los fundamentos teóricos del ecoturismo como alternativa de desarrollo social y económico en el mundo globalizado. Se utilizó el método exploratorio descriptivo con el propósito de indagar experiencias significativas en diferentes países, buscando los impactos positivos y negativos del ecoturismo en diferentes contextos. Se logró demostrar la necesidad de acompanar las iniciativas empresariales del ecoturismo con una educación ambiental para mitigar el gasto del recurso ambiental ocasionado por su sobreexplotación. Al final se deja evidencia de los diferentes casos de éxito y problemáticas generadas a partir del desarrollo social y económico ocasionado por el ecoturismo en diferentes comunidades en el mundo, donde se evidencia que a pesar de estar en sitiosgeográficos distantes,los problemas generalmente son los mismos. Por último, es necesario ampliar a nuevos trabajos en los que se sistematicen las prácticas tangibles de la educación ambiental y cómo esta impacta de manera real en el desarrollo de las comunidades.***This work develops the theoretical foundations of ecotourism as an alternative for social and economic development in the globalized world. The descriptive exploratory method was used with the purpose of investigating significant experiences in different countries, looking for the positive and negative impacts of ecotourism in different contexts. It was possible to demonstrate the need to accompany ecotourism business initiatives with an environmental education to mitigate the expense of the environmental resource caused by its overexploitation. In the endwe leave evidence of the different cases of success and problems generated from the social and economic development generated by ecotourism in different communities in the world, where it is evident, despite being in distant geographical positions, the problems are generally the same. Finally, it is necessary to expand to new works where the tangible practices of environmental education are systematized and how these impacts in a real way the development of the communities.

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  • Edwin Eduardo Millán-Rojas & Verenice Sánchez-Castillo & Carlos Alberto Gómez-Cano, 2020. "Ecotourism implemented in the globalized world as an alternative to economic and social development," Revista Clio América, Universidad del Magdalena, vol. 14(27), pages 380-389, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:col:000506:019667
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    Keywords

    conservación ambiental; desarrollo comunitario; desarrollo sostenible; educación ambiental; economía verde.;
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    JEL classification:

    • Q26 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Renewable Resources and Conservation - - - Recreational Aspects of Natural Resources
    • Q57 - Agricultural and Natural Resource Economics; Environmental and Ecological Economics - - Environmental Economics - - - Ecological Economics
    • R11 - Urban, Rural, Regional, Real Estate, and Transportation Economics - - General Regional Economics - - - Regional Economic Activity: Growth, Development, Environmental Issues, and Changes

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