EL DESARROLLO SOSTENIBLE DE UNA REGIÓN CON GRAN POTENCIAL TURÍSTICO. EL CASO DEL VALLE DEL COLCA
THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF A REGION WITH GREAT TOURIST POTENTIAL. THE CASE OF THE COLCA VALLEY

Author(s): Hildegardo Córdova Aguilar, Mirosława Czerny, Andrzej Czerny
Subject(s): Geography, Regional studies
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: Colca Valley; tourism; peripheral regions; local development; Peru
Summary/Abstract: The problems related to the need to develop functions outside the agriculturalsector in rural areas are key from the point of view of the need to supply the countrysideand improve the quality of life of its inhabitants. Taking advantage of owned propertiesin a given region can develop tourism. The Peruvian rural sector despite having severalhistorical monuments and natural elements that attract tourists, bases its economic activityon agricultural activities. Such is the case of the Colca Valley where populations, asin all other Andean areas, are distributed in different ecological zones. In the mentionedvalley they are found above 3300 m above sea level.Tourism in the theory and practice of planning the development of the fi eld is consideredone of the important factors of economic growth; many times without detailed knowledgeof both local values about tourism and the degree of social and natural vulnerabilityunder the pressure of this activity. Assessing rural tourism as an element of the multifunctionalsustainable development of the countryside is not so easy, as the analysis ofthe Colca Valley case has shown.

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