Title

An essay on tourism and natural resources: a cause of political conflicts.

Author

Yoram Krozer

Access level

Open Access

License

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Subjects

Sustainability - (DGBUNAM) political economy - (DGBUNAM) Natural resources - (DGBUNAM) Resorts - (DGBUNAM) Mass Tourism - (DGBUNAM) CIENCIAS SOCIALES - (CTI) CIENCIAS ECONÓMICAS - (CTI) ECONOMÍA SECTORIAL - (CTI) ECONOMÍA SECTORIAL. TURISMO - (CTI)

Summary or description

This essay, using economic theory on monopoly exploitation of natural resources, discusses international tourism as a cause of global conflicts. The prevailing tourism pattern is the use of the (sub-) tropical seaside climate as a natural resource. This use involves multi-billion euro investments in resort development on small areas. Political conflicts emerge because recovery of the investment costs during decreasing real prices in tourism invokes monopolies in exploitation of this climate resource. Struggles for a sahre in the monopoly profits expand. Break-through innovations in tourism development can prevent severe tensions. These can be diversification of services, virtualization ofamenities, and high-value services.

Publisher

Universidad de Quintana Roo

Publish date

2011

Publication type

Article

Information Resource

http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12249/639

Format

application/pdf

Source

Teoría y Praxis: turismo, negocios, recursos naturales.

Language

English

Audience

General public

Source repository

Repositorio Institucional SISBIUQROO

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