Foreign tourism in San Jose downtown: volume, areas and resources used and impact on the environment

 

Kaydedildi:
Detaylı Bibliyografya
Yazar: Mora, Eduardo
Materyal Türü: artículo original
Durum:Versión publicada
Yayın Tarihi:2013
Diğer Bilgiler:It presents the results of a study, conducted in 2011 and the first half of 2012, on some of the most important aspects of tourism in San Jose center: defining characteristics of tourists in this geographical space, activities carried out, areas and establishments that used and characteristics of these, major changes in land use in tourist areas and transformations -or inertia- in the landscape, hygiene, roads and transportation, safety and quality of public spaces. The collection of information was made ​​in the field: GPS and “manual” inventories, scheduled observation, surveys and interviews. Mainly, it was concluded that since the late eighties, when tourist hatching occurred in Costa Rica, in small areas of San José downtown the establishments of interest and tourist use proliferated, but all of small dimensions (the relatively large are precedents). Consequently, the impact of tourism on the urban is not significant and is imperceptible in many ways, showing relevant only in a small area. In addition, tourism in San Jose downtown tends to decrease.
Ülke:Portal de Revistas UNA
Kurum:Universidad Nacional de Costa Rica
Repositorio:Portal de Revistas UNA
Dil:Español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.www.una.ac.cr:article/7308
Online Erişim:https://www.revistas.una.ac.cr/index.php/ambientales/article/view/7308
Anahtar Kelime:Land use change
urban environmental impact
San Jose downtown
tourism
sex tourism
Cambio de uso del suelo
impacto ambiental urbano
San José centro
turismo
turismo sexual