Contributions of Biological Research Centers to Sustainable Development of Rural Communities Through Scientific Tourism

 

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Author: Rojas-Carranza, Alberth Humberto
Format: artículo original
Status:Versión publicada
Publication Date:2019
Description:Research centers have an important role in the scientific area and a direct impact on thecommunity they are located. It is clear that in many cases this impact and the relationshipbetween them appears unnoticed and is not valued. There are many ways to integrate both:centers and community in scientific tourism. This article describes the reality of two researchcenters, one in Brazil and one in Costa Rica. Both centers and communities where they are,show important features to take into account when relating them to an activity such as scientifictourism. These features are described in detail and seek to launch a process that comes to atheoretically supported proposal later.
Country:Portal de Revistas TEC
Institution:Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas TEC
Language:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/4088
Online Access:https://revistas.tec.ac.cr/index.php/tec_marcha/article/view/4088
Keyword:Tourism; Scientific Tourism; Research Centers; Rural communities; Soltis Center; Uiraçu Institute.
Turismo, Turismo científico; Centros de investigación; comunidades rurales; Centro Soltis; Instituto Uiraçu.