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Introduction

This week we will write about some tourism case studies in LAC. You are required to make at least three written posts this week: an initial post and then responses to at least two classmates. 

Question Prompts

1. Pick a country and tell us a few statistics about tourism in that country (e.g. growth in number of international arrivals over the past two decades, percent of GDP from tourism, etc).
2. Find out some of the key destinations for tourism in that country – are ecotourism activities important?
3. Find news articles, blog posts, or anything discussing the impacts of tourism on local residents in a location in your chosen country – what are some of the benefits and challenges to local populations of tourism? Connect your findings with concepts from class material. 
4. Are any of the challenges documented in "Paraiso for Sale" also evident in the country you chose to look at?

You should expect to spend about 30-40 minutes doing research for this discussion post. Don’t spend hours, just enough to get some good information to reflect on.

Initial Post

Your post should be between 250 and 400 words. Respond to all parts of the prompt, show critical thinking, and make at least two references to class material.

NOTE: You will not be able to reply until you have posted your initial response.

6 months ago

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