Análisis comparativo del ecoturismo en Brasil y Colombia, para la aplicación de estrategias brasileñas en el sector colombiano.

Abstract

The rise of ecotourism in Colombia must be developed through environmentally sustainable practices that involve the conservation of the biological diversity of the national natural parks, while contributing to the economic growth of the sector. With this objective, we use as a reference the model implemented in Brazil, one of the main powers in the use of the economic benefits of tourism activities, promoting the least impact on natural spaces. The adoption of their strategies requires the articulation of public and private entities for the creation of projects that reduce the lack of training tools, certification, licensing and promotion of ecotourism. This evince that the lack of assignment of responsibilities and specialization in ecotourism has caused the loss of economic, social and environmental benefits that the structure of recreational tourism could generate in the natural parks of Colombia.