Vulnerability of nature based tourism to climate change in Risaralda, Colombia

Manuel Florez Calderon, Tito Morales and Jorge Luis Ceballos Liévano
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Jorge Luis Ceballos Liévano: Instituto de Hidrología, Meteorología y Estudios Ambientales – IDEAM - Colombia

INVESTIGACIONES REGIONALES - Journal of REGIONAL RESEARCH, 2025, vol. 63, issue 63, 159-194

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.

Keywords: Vulnerability; tourism; climate change; ecosystems; Risaralda (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L83 O18 Q26 Q54 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.38191/iirr-jorr.24.053

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