Jussi Pakkasvirta

Director

Researcher info

Institution

University of Helsinki

Department/faculty

Department of Political and Economic Studies

Contact information

jussi.pakkasvirta@helsinki.fi
+358500566559

Keywords
Central America community-based tourism corporate social responsibility pro-poor tourism ecotourism environmental planning poverty reduction public policies regional planning sustainable development tourism urban

Research projects

POLITOUR: Policies and Practices of Tourism Industry – A Comparative and Interdisciplinary Study on Central America (Academy of Finland, 2011-2014)

  • Project date 1.1.2011
  • Head of research Jussi Pakkasvirta
  • Language n/a

This international comparative study of three Central American countries, Costa Rica, Honduras and Nicaragua, aims contributing to finding the best solutions, ideas and practices for sustainable tourism business and industry. For this purpose, the project analyzes, from an interdisciplinary perspective, the development of power relations, politics, policies and practices of Central American tourism. At the same time, the study seeks the complex inter-dependencies between public, national and international planning, global tourism, local needs, sustainable development and business interests.

Team

Florencia Quesada (PhD Docent), Emily Höckert (PhD student), Tiina Kukkurainen (PhD student)