Community-based ecotourism and sustainability: Cases in Bocas del Toro Province, Panama and Talamanca, Costa Rica

Journal of Sustainable Forestry

Volumn 22, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 157-182

  Cusack, Daniela ^a   Dixon, Lydia ^a  

^a Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Costa Rica; Economic development; Ecotourism; Indigenous groups; Panama; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECOSYSTEMS; EVALUATION; PROJECT MANAGEMENT;

ECOTOURISM; INTERNATIONAL BIOSPHERE; ISOLATED NATURAL AREAS;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ECOTOURISM; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; SUSTAINABILITY; TOURISM DEVELOPMENT;

BOCAS DEL TORO; CENTRAL AMERICA; COSTA RICA; LA AMISTAD BIOSPHERE RESERVE; LIMON; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; TALAMANCA;

EID: 33746518548     PISSN: 10549811     EISSN: 1540756X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J091v22n01_09     Document Type: Article

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