Nature Tourism on the Colombian—Ecuadorian Amazonian Border: History, Current Situation, and Challenges
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methodology
3. Results
3.1. History of Conflict and Post-Conflict in Nature Tourism
3.2. Current Situation and the Pandemic Crisis in Nature Tourism
3.3. Post-Conflict and Post-Pandemic Challenges in Nature Tourism
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Historical situation of the conflict and tourism | (“Post-conflict” and “Tourism”) and (“Colombia”/“Ecuador”) | 7 [34,35,36,37,38,39,40] | |||
Current situation COVID-19 | (“COVID” and “Tourism”) and (“Colombia”/“Ecuador”) | 8 [41,42,43,44,45,46,47,48] | |||
Historical situation of the conflict and tourism | Current situation COVID-19 | ||||
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Mestanza-Ramón, C.; Jiménez-Caballero, J.L. Nature Tourism on the Colombian—Ecuadorian Amazonian Border: History, Current Situation, and Challenges. Sustainability 2021, 13, 4432. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084432
Mestanza-Ramón C, Jiménez-Caballero JL. Nature Tourism on the Colombian—Ecuadorian Amazonian Border: History, Current Situation, and Challenges. Sustainability. 2021; 13(8):4432. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084432
Chicago/Turabian StyleMestanza-Ramón, Carlos, and José Luis Jiménez-Caballero. 2021. "Nature Tourism on the Colombian—Ecuadorian Amazonian Border: History, Current Situation, and Challenges" Sustainability 13, no. 8: 4432. https://doi.org/10.3390/su13084432