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Sustainable Development<br />
PRINCIPLE 4: PUBLICATI<strong>ON</strong>S<br />
Tourism in Costa Rica: Impact Analysis<br />
on Sustainable Development<br />
Partner: Cayuga Collection Hotels<br />
Year: 2015<br />
Impact: Costa Rica<br />
<strong>INCAE</strong> and Cayuga Hotels researched the potential<br />
impact of tourism on sustainable development in<br />
Costa Rica, and made recommendations on how to<br />
further research this topic and other challenges faced<br />
by the tourism sector. The results of the study were<br />
presented at the “Planet, People and Peace Forum,”<br />
organized by the Chamber for Sustainable Tourism.<br />
Víctor Umaña<br />
Director of the Latin American Center for<br />
Competitiveness and Sustainable Development<br />
victor.umana@incae.edu<br />
Ronald Arce<br />
Researcher at the Latin American Center<br />
for Competitiveness and Sustainable<br />
Development<br />
ronald.arce@incae.edu<br />
Impact of Sugar on the Costa Rican<br />
Economy<br />
Partner: Agricultural and Industrial Sugar Cane League<br />
(LAICA)<br />
Year: 2015<br />
Impact: Costa Rica<br />
In collaboration with LAICA, CLACDS carried out an<br />
analysis of the direct and indirect economic and social<br />
impacts of the agro-industrial sugar cane production<br />
system in Costa Rica, as well as other societal benefits<br />
produced by this process.<br />
Luis Figueroa, PhD.<br />
Associate Researcher<br />
luis.figueroa@incae.edu<br />
Ronald Arce<br />
Researcher at the Latin American Center<br />
for Competitiveness and Sustainable<br />
Development<br />
ronald.arce@incae.edu<br />
Costa Rica’s Sustainable Tourism Policy as a Source of Innovation for Hospitality<br />
Services: Innovation and Productivity in the Service Sector<br />
Partner: Canada's International Development Research<br />
Centre (IDRC)<br />
Year: 2015<br />
Impact: Costa Rica<br />
This study analyzes the impact of Costa Rican policies<br />
supporting sustainable tourism-particularly the<br />
Certification for Sustainable Tourism (CST) provided by the<br />
Costa Rican Board of Tourism (Instituto Costarricense de<br />
Turismo, or ICT) for the innovation of services, processes,<br />
marketing and operation of hotel companies across the<br />
country. It also researches the causes and motivations<br />
for these companies to make changes and introduce new<br />
elements.<br />
Ana María Majano, PhD.<br />
Former Associate Director of the Latin<br />
American Center for Competitiveness and<br />
Sustainable Development<br />
ana.majano@consultor.incae.edu<br />
Bernard Kilian, Dr.<br />
Full Professor. Academic Director of<br />
Master’s Programs<br />
bernard.kilian@incae.edu<br />
Urs Jäger, Dr.<br />
Associate Professor. Academic<br />
Director of the Latin American Center<br />
for Entrepreneurs<br />
urs.jager@incae.edu<br />
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