The Old Havana: Economic and Social Impact of Tourism Management on the Quality of Life of Residents
Use this link to cite
http://hdl.handle.net/2183/35305
Except where otherwise noted, this item's license is described as Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España
Collections
Metadata
Show full item recordTitle
The Old Havana: Economic and Social Impact of Tourism Management on the Quality of Life of ResidentsDate
2018-07-31Citation
Pérez Guilarte, Y., Lois González, R.C. (2019). The Old Havana: Economic and Social Impact of Tourism Management on the Quality of Life of Residents. In: Campón-Cerro, A.M., Hernández-Mogollón, J.M., Folgado-Fernández, J.A. (eds) Best Practices in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Management. Applying Quality of Life Research. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-91692-7_18
Abstract
[Abstrac] The Old Havana, a World Heritage Site since 1982, is one of the main tourist attractions in Cuba, but it is also a space with a marked residential nature. In recent years, the process of recovering this site and restoring it for tourist use has represented a major challenge, both economically and socially. The current situation in the country, resulting from new Cuban government policies, has led to great interest in developing public and private initiatives that enhance tourism in this area. This chapter presents Old Havana as a case study and addresses the economic and social impact that the tourism management carried out by the Office of the Historian of the City of Havana (OHCH) has had on its residents. The chapter opens by introducing historic centres and impacts of tourism, especially in Latin America. It then goes on to introduce the special features of tourism in Cuba. Next, it addresses the social impact on the Cuban population of the tourism policy implemented in the early 1990s, which focused on promoting international tourism at the expense of domestic tourism. It also describes the scenario that resulted from creating designated tourist areas, isolated from the Cuban population, which prevented visitor exchange with residents and cultural enrichment. Next, it discusses the tourism management model developed by the OHCH, which constitutes an outstanding example of sustainable tourism management practice. The chapter closes by presenting a series of final considerations regarding the future of tourism in Cuba, based on the current context.
Keywords
Oldo Havana
Rehabilitation process
Tourist management
Social programmes
Rehabilitation process
Tourist management
Social programmes
Description
Capítulo do libro: Campón-Cerro, A.M., Hernández-Mogollón, J.M., Folgado-Fernández, J.A. (eds) Best Practices in Hospitality and Tourism Marketing and Management. Applying Quality of Life Research. Springer, Cham.
Rights
Atribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España
ISBN
978-3-319-91692-7