Periódico: Revista Internacional de Turismo y Empresa
Fonte: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM, BUSINESS AND TERRITORY; Vol. 4 No. 2 (2020); 36-51
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Resumo: Since 1972, UNESCO has included in its Heritage list geographical areas that, due to their cultural and/or natural characteristics, are preserved. When a National Park is declared a World Heritage Site (WHS), its hierarchy in the conservation of biodiversity and, presumably, the flow of tourists increases. In Argentina, there are 13 WHS declared, and four constitute National Parks (UNESCO, 2019). Thus, the aim of this research is to study whether the arrival of tourists is higher in those Argentine National Parks (NP) nominated as WHS. The methodology is descriptive, working with secondary information from the National Parks Directorate and the Tourism Statistical Yearbook. The descriptive analysis studies the distribution of the parks in the Argentine territory, the arrival of tourists, their concentration and growth during the period 1991-2015. The results show that tourism in NP has grown exponentially during the period analyzed, with a marked preference for the NP declared WHS (Iguazú, Talampaya, Los Alerces and Los Glaciares).
Keywords: National Parks, World Heritage Site, Tourism, Argentina.
