Unlocking Local and Regional Development through Nature-Based Tourism: Exploring the Potential of Agroforestry and Regenerative Livestock Farming in Mexico

Nature-based tourism offers several positive effects, including bringing tourists closer to nature and increasing environmental awareness among them, creating new sources of employment, diversifying local and regional economies, promoting the conservation of local ecosystems, and protecting biodiver...

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Published in:Economies 2024-06, Vol.12 (6), p.137
Main Authors: Revollo-Fernández, Daniel Alfredo, Lithgow, Debora, Von Thaden, Juan José, Salazar-Vargas, María del Pilar, Rodríguez de los Santos, Aram
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agroforestry
Area planning & development
Breeding
choice experiments
Climate change
Cooperation
COVID-19
Economic aspects
Economic conditions
economic valuation
ecosystem services
Ecosystems
Ecotourism
Environmental aspects
GDP
Gross Domestic Product
Households
Human capital
Livestock
Natural resources
Nature
nature-based tourism
Pandemics
public policy
Quality of life
Regional development
Research methodology
Rural areas
Social capital
Tourism
Valuation
Watersheds
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Summary:Nature-based tourism offers several positive effects, including bringing tourists closer to nature and increasing environmental awareness among them, creating new sources of employment, diversifying local and regional economies, promoting the conservation of local ecosystems, and protecting biodiversity. A pilot exercise based on choice experiments is presented to estimate the monetary value per year of nature-based tourism (NbT). The exercise was applied in the Jamapa watershed in Mexico, and the results showed that NbT would amount to USD 7.7 million, with tourism activities linked to agroforestry and USD 5.5 million around regenerative cattle ranching. These results provide input for decision makers in developing public policies to benefit society, nature, and sustainable development.
ISSN:2227-7099
2227-7099
DOI:10.3390/economies12060137