Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft Annals of the Austrian Geographical Society Band 160 (Jahresband), Wien 2018
Volume 160 (Annual volume), Vienna 2018
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BANK AUSTRIA CREDITANSTALT, WIEN (IBAN AT04 1100 0006 2280 0100, BIC BKAUATWW), DEUTSCHE BANK MÜNCHEN (IBAN DE16 7007 0024 0238 8270 00, BIC DEUTDEDBMUC)
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Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft Annals of the Austrian Geographical Society Band 160 (Jahresband), Wien 2018
Volume 160 (Annual volume), Vienna 2018
ISSN 0029-9138
Print Edition ISSN 0029-9138 Online Edition ISBN 978-3-901313-31-8 Print Edition ISBN 978-3-7001-8578-9 Online Edition 160 doi:10.1553/moegg160
2018
Christoph Neger,
Enrique Propin Frejomil
S. 143 - 162 doi:10.1553/moeg160s143 doi:10.1553/moeg160s143
Abstract: Ecotourism has the potential to foster human development in marginalised areas and, at the same time, promote environmental conservation. However, as studies have shown, ecotourism enterprises often struggle to be economically viable. In this context, cooperation and the establishment of networks on a regional scale have been proposed as promising strategies, which can benefit the enterprises in many ways, including information exchange, effective promotion, creation of competitive tourism products and representation of common political interests. Based on a mixed-method approach, the present investigation analyses to what extent this has been the case in the Los Tuxtlas region in Southern Mexico, where since the year 2000 several attempts have been made to form regional ecotourism networks. Mapping and the use of quantitative network analysis tools, based on the application of questionnaires, demonstrate the current structure of both formally established networks and the net of informal cooperation in the region. In combining these data with qualitative information obtained from interviews, insights are gained regarding the catalysts that initiate networking processes and the stakeholders involved, the main obstacles as well as costs and benefits of forming part of regional networks. Keywords: Ecotourism, Mexico, Los Tuxtlas region, regional networks, quantitative network analysis, formal networks, informal cooperations Published Online: 2019/04/30 08:50:33 Object Identifier: 0xc1aa5576 0x003a9f99 Rights: .
Die Fachzeitschrift "Mitteilungen der Österreichischen Geographischen Gesellschaft" (früher "Mitteilungen der k.k. Geographischen Gesellschaft in Wien")
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