Towards a model of Latin American tourist cities? The case of San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina

Medina, Víctor Damián; Niembro, Andrés

doi:10.1108/ijtc-02-2020-0019

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“…The varied ecological zone inhabited by second homes in Poland demonstrates the necessity for a comprehensive planning procedure (Soszy nski et al, 2017;Alonsop erez et al, 2022). In San Carlos de Bariloche, Argentina, certain properties of this tourist city were detected and might encourage the building of an urban model for Latin American tourist cities (Medina and Niembro, 2020;Alonsop erez et al, 2022). In Europe, second homes tourism has been in debate by tourist specialists, real estate agents and politicians in both Mediterranean countries and Alpine destinations, where policy dealings on the land arrangement, management at multi-level governance and cross-sectorial links are essential to have sustainable development (Brida et al, 2009;Alonsop erez et al, 2022).…”

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Hotels, second homes and destination planning policies: a sequential game model

Posadas,

Brida,

Alonsopérez

2023

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Purpose This paper develops a theoretical model that analyzes the decision problem the landowner has to face between the construction of second homes and hotels. The starting point implies verifying that for a given tourist destination, the land available for the construction of accommodation is limited. For this reason, when choosing between building second homes or building hotels, many factors influence the decision model. The theoretical mechanism generalizes the model introduced in Brida and Boffa (2010) and is based on a four-stage sequential game with four players. From the results of the model, the authors conclude that it is optimal from the social point of view both to build a hotel and to build a second home because both generate added value during the year. For this reason, the construction of second homes should be taken into account in the planning policy of the tourist destination. This arises from considering that second homes, as they remain occupied all year like hotels, in certain tourist destinations, do not generate seasonality.

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Hotels, second homes and destination planning policies: a sequential game model

Posadas,

Brida,

Alonsopérez

2023

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“…San Carlos de Bariloche is located in Northwestern Patagonia and lies within Nahuel Huapi National Park. It is mainly a tourist city, with approximately 150,000 inhabitants, and receives around 700,000 tourists every year (Medina and Niembro, 2020). The city has experienced accelerated demographic growth with little planning, and its social composition is heterogeneous as a result of national and foreign migratory contributions (Matossian, 2015).…”

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Free-roaming dogs in a Patagonian city: their distribution and intestinal helminths in relation to socioeconomic aspects of neighborhoods

Flores,

Viozzi,

Rauque

et al. 2024

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Summary Human and dog health are inextricably linked, and although our relationship with dogs brings numerous benefits for our well-being , it is known that they can transmit disease. Bariloche is a Patagonian tourist city with heterogeneous social composition. This study evaluates the population of free-roaming dogs and their intestinal parasites in relation to the socioeconomic level of the city’s human population. Census areas were used as survey units, stratified in three levels according to socioeconomic status. The free-roaming dog population was estimated by walking around each census area. Eight fresh feces per census count area were collected and analyzed using coproparasitological flotation tests, and CoproELISA was used to detect Echinococcus sp. A total of 858 free-roaming dogs were registered along 40.9 km, with significant differences between socioeconomic strata: the highest numbers were found in the lowest income strata. Of the feces collected, 39.2% tested positive for parasites, those associated with a lower socioeconomic level having higher percentages of positive feces and a greater number of species. Eight species of helminths were found, some of which were zoonotic, such as Echinococcus sp., Toxocaracanis, and Dibothriocephalus latus. The presence of parasites can be explained by dog size and the number of free-roaming dogs per block. The free-roaming dogs generally have owners, and their parasitic infection is strongly associated with the socioeconomic level of the population. The main problem is irresponsible pet care, which generates bad conditions for both dogs and humans. Thus, both dogs and humans deserve effective and ethical public policies.

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