Sustainable Tourism Policy in Practice: A comparative case study of Argentina and Costa Rica

Tamargo Valentina (2022) Sustainable Tourism Policy in Practice: A comparative case study of Argentina and Costa Rica. Kereskedelmi, Vendéglátóipari és Idegenforgalmi Kar.

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Absztrakt (kivonat)

Argentina and Costa Rica are two Latin American countries rich in natural resources that make up most of their tourism attractiveness for visitors. In addition, both countries have a large percentage of their territories under national or international environmental protection. However, Costa Rica has managed to establish itself as a successful example and leader in the Sustainable Tourism sector, while Argentina could not. What can account for such differences? More specifically, why has Argentina been unable to establish a healthy Sustainable Tourism Development? These are the questions that the present thesis work aims to answer. To examine the research questions, we have chosen three cases: Argentina and Costa Rica as the main focus points; and Hungary as a third and middle point of comparison. The present study sets to describe the aforementioned countries’ Tourism Development Policy, analyse their sustainability, and differentiate all cases by using a comparative case study method, of qualitative and interpretative nature. The comparison will take place in three different governance levels: international, national, and local. This enables us to locate which policies are most impactful on the Sustainability of the Tourism Development of the country.The study’s preliminary results show a close resemblance of both countries’ international policy, but a stark difference at the national and local levels, which firstly indicates a greater importance of the National Tourism Development guiding plan, especially its design and its core guiding values, when it comes to setting the importance of sustainability in the sector. Secondly, we see that the biggest contrast between the cases is not to be found on the Economic or the Sociocultural elements of Sustainability, but rather in the Environmental aspect, essential when it comes to natural tourism attractions. Thirdly, we observe a high impact of the local-level management of tourism attractions on the final Sustainability outcomes of the area.

Intézmény

Budapesti Gazdasági Egyetem

Kar

Kereskedelmi, Vendéglátóipari és Idegenforgalmi Kar

Tanszék

Turizmus Tanszék

Tudományterület/tudományág

NEM RÉSZLETEZETT

Szak

Turizmus-menedzsment

Konzulens(ek)

Mű típusa:	diplomadolgozat (NEM RÉSZLETEZETT)
Kulcsszavak:	Argentina, Costa Rica, Hungary, Sustainable tourism, tourism policy
SWORD Depositor:	Archive User
Felhasználói azonosító szám (ID):	Archive User
Rekord készítés dátuma:	2022. Júl. 25. 17:12
Utolsó módosítás:	2022. Júl. 25. 17:12

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