Biodiversity and infrastructure interact to drive tourism to and within Costa Rica.

Autor:	Echeverri A; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305., Smith JR; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08540., MacArthur-Waltz D; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Department of Entomology and Nematology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616., Lauck KS; Department of Wildlife, Fish, and Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616., Anderson CB; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Salo Sciencies, San Francisco, CA 94103., Monge Vargas R; Ministerio de Ambiente y Energía, San José, Costa Rica., Alvarado Quesada I; Banco Central de Costa Rica, San José, Costa Rica., Wood SA; The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; eScience Institute, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195-1570., Chaplin-Kramer R; The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; SPRING, Oakland, CA 94618., Daily GC; Department of Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Center for Conservation Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; The Natural Capital Project, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.; Woods Institute for the Environment, Stanford University, Stanford, CA 94305.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America [Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A] 2022 Mar 15; Vol. 119 (11), pp. e2107662119. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Mar 04.
DOI:	10.1073/pnas.2107662119
Abstrakt:	SignificanceTourism accounts for roughly 10% of global gross domestic product, with nature-based tourism its fastest-growing sector in the past 10 years. Nature-based tourism can theoretically contribute to local and sustainable development by creating attractive livelihoods that support biodiversity conservation, but whether tourists prefer to visit more biodiverse destinations is poorly understood. We examine this question in Costa Rica and find that more biodiverse places tend indeed to attract more tourists, especially where there is infrastructure that makes these places more accessible. Safeguarding terrestrial biodiversity is critical to preserving the substantial economic benefits that countries derive from tourism. Investments in both biodiversity conservation and infrastructure are needed to allow biodiverse countries to rely on tourism for their sustainable development.
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