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Forest vegetation is a vital component of ecosystems, supporting biodiversity and providing ecological services. Its diversity is shaped by interrelated environmental factors. Belitung Island, with exceptional ecological features and rich biodiversity, offers great potential for sustainable tourism. This study analyzes forest vegetation diversity and ecosystem characteristics to support tourism planning. Research was conducted at 10 lowland forest sites using the quadrat transect method with purposive sampling. Vegetation parameters observed included importance value index, diversity, density, dominance, and evenness. Results identified 59 species from 35 families, consisting of 28.9% understorey, 37% saplings, 17% poles, and 21% trees. Schima wallichii had the highest number of individuals. Heatmap analysis showed species distribution across locations, with families Myrtaceae and Dipterocarpaceae exhibiting the widest spread, indicating adaptability. Canonical Correspondence Analysis (CCA) revealed that factors such as pH, C/N ratio, Ca, P2O5, and soil texture influenced vegetation distribution. Overall, Belitung forests demonstrated high species diversity and richness, including unique species of ecological significance. These findings highlight the island’s strong potential for integrating biodiversity conservation into sustainable tourism planning, ensuring both ecological preservation and long-term development.

Objective. A bibliometric review of the scientific production in ecotourism in Latin America was carried out, with a focus on the contribution of Peru. Design/Methodology/Approach. Bibliometric techniques were combined with a content analysis approach to collect and analyze the literature on ecotourism in Latin America. Articles from 1992 to 2024 were collected using the Scopus database, and VOSviewer software was used to perform a bibliometric analysis. Results/Discussion. A total of 414 articles on ecotourism in Latin America were identified, with a diversity of thematic areas, including ecotourism and sustainable development; tourism, diseases, and dissemination; conservation and ecology; protected areas and marketing; and ecology and spatiotemporal analysis. The analysis revealed low collaboration between authors and the need to diversify the topics investigated in Peru. In addition, there has been an increase in the number of publications in recent years, indicating a growing interest in ecotourism research in the region. Conclusions. Scientific production in ecotourism in Latin America shows growth but with low collaboration and a need for diversification. In Peru, opportunities for improvement were identified, such as increasing research and promoting international collaboration to increase its visibility and impact.

Rhinopoma microphyllum is a bat species that lives in a habitat covered by grove of trees and shrubs in the primary forest vegetation. These species is included in the IUCN Red List list with Least Concern (LC) status or at the least information. This study was to describe of R. microphyllum as a new record in the southern of Lombok, and to examine the parasites and microbes that infest it. The study was carried out in the developed ecotourism area of southern Lombok Island of NTB during February-April 2017. A modified net and quadrant for cave ceiling was used to collect bat sample. Ectoparasite collection was done by combing the bat's hair and the falling specimens were collected. The endoparasite examination was done by the flotation methods of intestinal contents, while microbial examination was done by collecting the microbes from oral cavity and feces. The results showed the discovery of R. microphyllum in two ecotourism development sites, The Buwun Cave and The Gale Gale Bangkang Cave Prabu Village, Central Lombok. The endoparasit examination found 4 species of endoparasit, 1 species of Coccidia sp, 2 species of Trematodes from Lecithodendridae Family (Prosthodendrium sp and Acanthatrium sp) and 1 unidentified Nematode specimen. The ectoparasite examination found only 1 species, Ischnopsyllus hexactenus (The long Eared Bat Flea), and the microbes found from oral cavity analysis are the Gram positive Coccus (Stphylococcus aureus) and faecal analysis are the Coccobacil Gram negative (Providensia penneri).

Günümüzde doğa temelli ekoturizm aktiviteleri oldukça önem kazanmaya başlamıştır. Alan tercihleri arasında kendini güvende hissetme algısı oldukça önemlidir. Yapılan çalışmalarda ileri yaş grubundaki alan kullanıcıları için güvenlik hissinin mekân tercihlerini doğrudan etkilediği bilinmektedir. Bundan dolayı peyzaj planlama açısından doğal alanlarda değişik ekoturizm aktivite öneri çalışmalarında güvenlik algı analizlerine ihtiyaç vardır. Bu çalışmada; turizm köyü olarak ilan edilen Kalınçam köyünde ileri yaşlıların kullanabileceği doğal trekking ve foto safari yollarının güvenlik algı analizlerine yer verilmiştir. Alana ait 7 fotoğraf kullanılarak, doğal alanların ileri yaşlılar için korku/kaygı durumları incelenmiştir. Fotoğrafların görsel etkinlik derecesinin belirlenmesi için uzman değerlendirilmesi yapılmıştır. Daha sonra 55 yaş üstü sanal ortamda 100 kişiye görsel kalite analiz yöntemiyle anket uygulanmıştır. Özellikle manzara güzelliği ile güvende hissetme arasındaki ilişki düzeyi belirlenmeye çalışılmıştır. Bu kapsamda yapılan Pearson Korelasyon testi sonuçlarına göre; görüntülerin büyük bölümünde (G1, G3, G4, G5, G6, G7) korku/kaygı durumu ve bitki ağırlıklı doğal peyzaj görünümü arasında istatistiki olarak pozitif bir ilişki olduğu, G2 görüntüsünde ise önemli bir ilişki olduğu (p

Salou, which is one of the many highly specialized tourist resorts located on the Spanish Mediterranean coast, is a hundred kilometres south of Barcelona. Within its narrow boundaries of 1.481 ha, Salou hosts 7.4 million overnight stays per year and is home to 52 hotels. A ratio which ranks Salou amongst the tenth most visited municipalities in Spain [1]. Distance from Salou’s historical town centre, the area of Carles Buigas Avenue (CB) emerges as being the heart of the municipality’s tourism and leisure industry. Salou developed, as did so many other Spanish coastal touristic locations, during the sixties and seventies as a consequence of the increasing demand for sun and beach destinations amongst the European and Spanish middle classes. Unfortunately, the “ageing” of this built up area clamours for close attention today. The visible physical degradation of the property is becoming a cause for concern and preoccupation amongst the main property owners and investors: public administration, hotel managers, shopkeepers and neighbours. Hotels emerge as the key problem within the set physical boundaries of this study. They occupy approximately 50% of the total land surface, 28 out of a total of 52 hotels within the town being concentrated in that area. This accumulation of hotels also breaks the particularity of the predominance of second residences which is so customary along the Spanish Coast. This paper delves into the data and proposals obtained from analysing the public space of the CB area. Similarly, as a consequence of the previous analysis, a set of proposals for intervention are also presented. The proposals are conceived to be developed within different time scales, in response to political and social willingness and economic capacity. The objective of the work is to induce an urban and tourism paradigm shift in the area, thus facilitating the emergence of a new tourism model. Solutions are urgently needed to provide specific answers to a particular scenario, which has similitudes to those of other Mediterranean Coastal Developments specialized in tourism activities, which too, after being operative for more than forty years, are suffering from deterioration or abandonment. Despite it still being an open process, the study understands that due to the complexity of the committed task and the scale of the area, the goal will require the active commitment and collaboration of the property owners (administration, hotel managers, investors and neighbours).

El ecoturismo es uno de los sectores que más ha crecido durante los últimos años a nivel global. En América Latina, hay dos países que son potencia en este tema: Costa Rica y Colombia. En el caso de Costa Rica, es líder en el ecoturismo no solo a nivel latinoamericano, sino que se ha distinguido por ser potencia en este sector gracias al desarrollo y crecimiento que ha generado. Por otro lado, Colombia se ha caracterizado por su posición geográfica y por contar con una gran variedad de flora y fauna, de modo que le ofrece al turista, ya sea nacional o internacional, nuevas alternativas y expe­riencias de viaje. Teniendo en cuenta lo anterior, se realizó un benchmarking entre estos dos países con el fin de analizar si es posible tomar la experiencia de Costa Rica e implementarla en Colombia. Se realizó ade­más un análisis de ponderación simple de las variables estratégicas más importantes para el éxito de Costa Rica, y se concluyó con tres variables claves para el ecoturismo: economía, política y lugares ecoturísticos. Para cada una de estas variables, se hizo además un análisis cuantitativo con el fin de estudiar los datos estadísticos que lleven a entender estos elementos y, así mismo, a identificar las oportunidades de negocio. Fi­nalmente, para legitimar los resultados del benchmarking, se realizó una investigación cualitativa con empresas, proyectos y per­sonas expertas en ecoturismo en Colombia.

El objetivo de esta investigación es evaluar el nivel de satisfacción de la experiencia ecoturística en el área natural protegida Santuario El Verde Camacho, Sinaloa, México. La metodología es de corte cuantitativo y transversal; se aplicó una encuesta de percepción sobre la evaluación de siete dimensiones de satisfacción durante octubre a diciembre de 2022, con una muestra de 282 ecoturistas. Los resultados muestran que las dimensiones de análisis que tienen el índice de satisfacción más alto son Calidad de los servicios y Atención turística (hospitalidad) con 9.9 cada una. The objective of this research is to evaluate the level of satisfaction with the ecotourism experience in the protected natural area Santuario El Verde Camacho, Sinaloa, Mexico. The methodology is quantitative and cross-sectional; a perception survey was applied on the evaluation of seven dimensions of satisfaction during October to December 2022, with a sample of 282 ecotourists. The results show that the dimensions of analysis that have the highest satisfaction index are Quality of services and Tourist attention (hospitality) with 9.9 each.

Colombia cuenta con riquezas ecosistémicas que forman parte de emprendimientos turísticos que han generado impactos ambientales y sociales perjudiciales. En esta investigación de enfoque mixto, se determina la vocación ecoturística de los municipios que practican “ecoturismo” en Cundinamarca. Para ello se formula un nuevo índice que, a diferencia de otros, relaciona variables ambientales, sociales, económicas y de desarrollo local. Tras la revisión de estudios, informes y planes de desarrollo, así como con la realización de entrevistas, encuestas y talleres participativos, se observa que, de los 116 municipios del departamento, tan solo siete se ubican en el rango medio del índice de vocación ecoturística. Así mismo, se describen las principales prácticas ecoturísticas de estos siete municipios, junto con algunas recomendaciones para optimizarlas. Se concluye que ningún municipio desarrolla ecoturismo integral. Finalmente, se propone el empleo de una guía metodológica de planificación comunitaria para reformular el “ecoturismo” involucrando a los diferentes actores locales y gubernamentales.

Tandil es la ciudad más turística del sistema serrano de Tandilia (Argentina), donde el turismo recuperó su bonanza gracias a una nueva legislación que prohibió la minería y creó un paisaje protegido. En esta área, además de los atractivos religiosos y otros asociados al turismo rural, el turismo serrano se encuentra en auge; no obstante, el anhelado turismo sustentable quedó relegado por un ecoturismo mercantilizado, al extremo de ignorar escenarios de riesgos ambientales. En la avenida Don Bosco, en Tandil, área testigo de esta investigación, se detectó un incremento de construcciones, aunque la Ley del Paisaje Protegido establece que estos emplazamientos deben ubicarse por debajo de la cota 200 m s. n. m. Por ende, el objetivo de esta investigación es analizar las trasgresiones ambientales y los escenarios de riegos asociados a la actividad turística en el área de estudio. Esto se realizó mediante la revisión de estudios histórico-ambientales, salidas a terreno, análisis de modelizaciones y levantamiento de entrevistas y encuestas. Se concluye que las transgresiones aguas arriba de la cota mencionada constituyen los principales focos del problema, mientras que las áreas potencialmente afectadas y la población vulnerable son cada vez mayores, con escenarios de riesgos que se asocian a ciclos húmedos aún no transitados.

El objetivo de este estudio fue analizar las problemáticas más significativas en relación con el paisaje que fueron identificadas por parte de la población de la isla de Mexcaltitán, Nayarit, México, durante el período 2019-2022. La información se obtuvo a través de entrevistas semiestructuradas y utilizando el método de análisis temático fenomenológico. Los resultados obtenidos destacan tres problemáticas principales: la contaminación generada por residuos sólidos, los impactos locales derivados de la infraestructura de la isla y los conflictos de interés que surgen en relación con las autoridades y su vinculación con el turismo.