ECOTURISMO Y DESARROLLO LOCAL EN LA PENÍNSULA DE OSA, COSTA RICA
Keywords:
Ecoturismo, desarrollo local, Costa Rica, Ecotourism, local developmentAbstract
Este artículo analiza la relación entre ecoturismo y desarrollo local, aborda un enfoque teórico del concepto de ecoturismo y enfatiza su relación práctica con el desarrollo local. Con el objetivo de evaluar profundamente esta relación se presenta la Península de Osa, como caso de estudio. Se estudia la participación comunal como indicador del desarrollo local provocado por el ecoturismo. Además, se muestra una evaluación de los efectos del ecoturismo en el sistema social local. De acuerdo con los resultados de esta investigación, el modelo de ecoturismo que se ha implantado en el área de estudio ha creado las condiciones para una segregación social que facilita una marginación social para los sectores campesinos en el área.ARSTRACTS
This article analyzed the relationship between ecotourism and communities development. It presented a teorethical approach of the ecotourism concepts and the relationship with local development. In order to analysed deeply this relationship, this study is focus in the Osa Península, Costa Rica. This study analized the communities participation in the ecotourism industry as a indicador of the local development. In addition, there are a evaluation of the efect of ecotourism in the social local system. It found the model of ecotourism that has been developed in Osa Península provoque a spacial segregation that creade conditions for the social margination of the peasant in the study area.
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