Rural Community-based Tourism in Central America
Rural Community-based Tourism in Central America
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中美洲乡村社区旅游
DOI：
10.22004/ag.econ.126117
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发表时间：
2012
影响因子：
13.2
通讯作者：
F. Perez
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作者：
J. Keane;A. Lemma;J. Kennan;F. Perez
本案例研究评估了尼加拉瓜（五个社区）和危地马拉（四个社区）以农村社区为基础的旅游业的成果，作为更主流的旅游业发展的替代方案。尽管有强大的社区组织（合作社）和一些旅游自然资产（洞穴和文化）——就尼加拉瓜而言，还有合理的基础设施和市场准入——但由于无法与主要分销渠道（旅行社和酒店经营者）建立联系，举措的财务可持续性受到严重影响。初始投资成本高，进入壁垒高。尽管游客流量不佳，但这些都为目的地地区带来了一些经济和其他利益。
This case study evaluates the outcomes of rural community-based tourism in Nicaragua (five communities) and Guatemala (four communities), as an alternative to more mainstream tourist development. Despite strong community organisations (cooperatives) and some tourism natural assets (caves and culture) – and, in the case of Nicaragua, reasonable infrastructure and access to markets – the financial sustainability of initiatives has been badly affected by an inability to link with the main distribution channels (tour operators and hoteliers). The initial investment costs are high and barriers to entry are significant. Notwithstanding poor tourist flows, these have brought some economic and other benefits to the destination areas.