Tourism and sustainability: an analysis of current and future problems of tourist systems and enclaves in natural environments

Abstract

This study compared cases of tourism systems and enclaves and their situations of development and sustainability. Their results contributed to establish the possible trajectories of the tourism systems located in Mato Grosso do Sul state, Serra da Bodoquena and the Pantanal. The cases analyzed are those of Mexico and Costa Rica, with different stages of their life cycle. The greatest emphasis was on the systems of Mexico and Costa Rica for their similarities with the cases of Brazil. The working method was based on secondary bases and was divided into a vision of the tourist potentialities, their management, their problems and their perspectives for the future. At the end, common patterns of development and their effects on sustainability were discussed.

Keywords

• turismo alternativo. turismo ecológico. ciclo de vida. impactos ambientais. impactos sociais.