Tourism, Real Estate Development and Depeasantisation in Latin America

Residential tourism transforms societies and rural economies. Among other changes, it converts agrarian land into urbanized land, and brings new agents into the land market (real estate investors, clients acquiring second homes, etc.). These two factors imply an increase in land prices that often gi...

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Main Authors: Jordi Gascón, Claudio Milano
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: CEDLA 2018-05-01
Series:European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
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Online Access:https://www.erlacs.org/articles/10313
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spelling doaj-17c2371e71f74f0abbbec5555a7081af2020-11-24T22:36:32ZengCEDLAEuropean Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies0924-06081879-47502018-05-01105213810.18352/erlacs.103139868Tourism, Real Estate Development and Depeasantisation in Latin AmericaJordi Gascón0Claudio Milano1University of LleidaOstelea School of Tourism & Hospitality – University of LleidaResidential tourism transforms societies and rural economies. Among other changes, it converts agrarian land into urbanized land, and brings new agents into the land market (real estate investors, clients acquiring second homes, etc.). These two factors imply an increase in land prices that often gives way to a crisis of traditional agrarian activities and stimulates the emigration of the local population. The present article examines how this process takes place. Is it simply a mechanism of supply and demand? Or are other economic and political factors at work? To understand this phenomenon, we analyze three South American cases, one in Brazil and two in Ecuador, in which residential tourism is in different stages of development. Resumen: Turismo, desarrollo inmobiliario y descampesinización en América Latina El turismo residencial transforma las sociedades y economías rurales. Entre otros cambios, convierte la tierra de vocación agraria en suelo urbanizable, e incorpora en el mercado de tierras a nuevos agentes (inversores inmobiliarios, clientes que adquieren la residencia, etc.). Estos dos factores comportan un incremento del precio del suelo que muchas veces impulsa la crisis de las actividades agrarias tradicionales y estimula la emigración de la población local. El presente texto examina cómo tiene lugar este proceso. ¿Es el simple mecanismo de la oferta y la demanda? ¿O actúan también otros factores económicos y políticos? Para ello, se analizan tres casos sudamericanos, uno en Brasil y dos en Ecuador, en los que el turismo residencial se encuentra en diferentes fases de desarrollo.https://www.erlacs.org/articles/10313Residential tourism, Depeasantisation, Rural migration, land price, Brazil, Ecuador, Turismo residencial, Descampesinización, Emigración rural, Precio de la tierra
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author Jordi Gascón
Claudio Milano
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Claudio Milano
Tourism, Real Estate Development and Depeasantisation in Latin America
European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Residential tourism, Depeasantisation, Rural migration, land price, Brazil, Ecuador, Turismo residencial, Descampesinización, Emigración rural, Precio de la tierra
author_facet Jordi Gascón
Claudio Milano
author_sort Jordi Gascón
title Tourism, Real Estate Development and Depeasantisation in Latin America
title_short Tourism, Real Estate Development and Depeasantisation in Latin America
title_full Tourism, Real Estate Development and Depeasantisation in Latin America
title_fullStr Tourism, Real Estate Development and Depeasantisation in Latin America
title_full_unstemmed Tourism, Real Estate Development and Depeasantisation in Latin America
title_sort tourism, real estate development and depeasantisation in latin america
publisher CEDLA
series European Review of Latin American and Caribbean Studies
issn 0924-0608
1879-4750
publishDate 2018-05-01
description Residential tourism transforms societies and rural economies. Among other changes, it converts agrarian land into urbanized land, and brings new agents into the land market (real estate investors, clients acquiring second homes, etc.). These two factors imply an increase in land prices that often gives way to a crisis of traditional agrarian activities and stimulates the emigration of the local population. The present article examines how this process takes place. Is it simply a mechanism of supply and demand? Or are other economic and political factors at work? To understand this phenomenon, we analyze three South American cases, one in Brazil and two in Ecuador, in which residential tourism is in different stages of development. Resumen: Turismo, desarrollo inmobiliario y descampesinización en América Latina El turismo residencial transforma las sociedades y economías rurales. Entre otros cambios, convierte la tierra de vocación agraria en suelo urbanizable, e incorpora en el mercado de tierras a nuevos agentes (inversores inmobiliarios, clientes que adquieren la residencia, etc.). Estos dos factores comportan un incremento del precio del suelo que muchas veces impulsa la crisis de las actividades agrarias tradicionales y estimula la emigración de la población local. El presente texto examina cómo tiene lugar este proceso. ¿Es el simple mecanismo de la oferta y la demanda? ¿O actúan también otros factores económicos y políticos? Para ello, se analizan tres casos sudamericanos, uno en Brasil y dos en Ecuador, en los que el turismo residencial se encuentra en diferentes fases de desarrollo.
topic Residential tourism, Depeasantisation, Rural migration, land price, Brazil, Ecuador, Turismo residencial, Descampesinización, Emigración rural, Precio de la tierra
url https://www.erlacs.org/articles/10313
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