Vulnerability of Nature Based Tourism to Climate Change in Risaralda, Colombia

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.38191/iirr-jorr.24.053

Keywords:

Vulnerability, Tourism, Climate Change, Ecosystems, Risaralda

Abstract

The study presents an approach to assess the vulnerability of nature-based tourism in Risaralda, Colombia, to climate change. An environmental reference model is adapted to the tourism sector. The results reveal high vulnerability at the municipal level, conservation areas, ecosystems and tourism supply, especially in high mountain ecosystems. This underlines the importance of adaptive tourism management and measures to reduce vulnerability, such as avoiding concentration of tourism supply, since some of the most vulnerable tourism destinations are paradoxically the most competitive in terms of sustainability. This approach is applicable to other tourism destinations.

Author Biographies

Manuel Tiberio Florez Calderon , Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira

Manuel Tiberio Flórez Calderón

(Bogotá, D. C., Colombia 1979)

 


Master in Environmental Sciences and Environmental Administrator,

Technological University of Pereira

Transitory associate professor

Faculty of Environmental Sciences

Transitory Researcher

Vice-rectorate of Research, Innovation and Extension

He belongs to the research groups in Territorial Environmental Management and Sustainable Tourism, author of books: Aprovechamiento del agua no convencional en sistemas urbanos (2016), Indicadores ambientales para el estudio de la dinámica del recurso hídrico en Risaralda (2011). Resilient and adaptive tourism destinations to climate change. The incorporation of participatory monitoring of glacial retreat in the tourism experience as a social adaptation strategy (2023).

He has published articles in national and international specialised journals in his field.

mtflorez@utp.edu.co

Tito Morales Pinzón , Universidad Tecnologica de Pereira

Tito Morales Pinzón
(Pereira, Risaralda, Colombia 1975)

PhD in Environmental Science and Technology,
Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Master in Operational Research and Statistics and Environmental Administrator,
Technological University of Pereira.
Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Universidad Tecnológica de Pereira.
Director of the research group in Territorial Environmental Management.
Author of books: Aspectos de Planificación Y Ordenamiento Territorial Frente a la Gestión de la Variabilidad Y El Cambio Climático (2018), Estadística descriptiva de datos ambientales: Exercises and practical applications (2017), Use of non-conventional water in urban systems (2016), Environmental indicators for the study of the dynamics of water resources in Risaralda (2011), Inventory and forest measurement for the sustainable management of bamboo forests (2008), Implementation of the silvcamark model in bamboo forestry operations in the process of voluntary forest certification (2007), among others of environmental interest.
He has published articles in national and international journals in his speciality.
tito@utp.edu.co

Jorge Luis Ceballos Liévano , INSTITUTO DE HIDROLOGIA, METEOROLOGIA Y ESTUDIOS AMBIENTALES - IDEAM

Jorge Luis Ceballos Liévano
(Bogotá, D.C., Colombia 1963)

Master's degree in Geography with emphasis on Land Use and Planning
Pedagogical and Technological University of Colombia
Geographer Engineer, Fundación Universidad de Bogotá Jorge Tadeo Lozano
Public servant at the Institute of Hydrology, Meteorology and Environmental Studies -Ideam.

Has developed the science of glaciology in Colombia.
Has published related articles on glacier dynamics in Colombia.

jceballos@ideam.gov.co

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2024-10-22

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