Servicios deportivos para promover el turismo sostenible. Revisión de la literatura.

Abstract

Sustainable tourism has get strength, becoming a topic of global interest, where the preservation of resources and healthy lifestyles play an important role to guarantee the future of generations.   The purpose of the report is to present the relationship between sport and nature as a strategy to promote sustainable tourism focusing mainly on the offer of sports that can be practiced in natural environments considering the potential of the ecological resources of the department of Atlántico.  Within the bibliographic review, multiple publications were evidenced that by means of a characterization, 75 articles were chosen, these being refined under some acceptance criteria, selecting 20% ​​of the total, as they were the ones with the greatest contribution to the research objective. Likewise, a scientometric analysis of the search results was carried out based on key terms such as “sustainable tourims AND sports”.

The results show that in last years , the tourism sector has had its greatest growth, and that it has also favored the economy and cultural values of the regions where it is developed. Associating sports and nature is increasingly common, however, it could affect the sustainabilityof natural resources. The conclusion obtained from this information is that sports and tourism practices in nature are an investment that generates benefits such as increased employment, economic diversification, business creation, cultural development, among others; However, they can also affect the biodiversity and natural resources of the region, so it is important to take the necessary preventive measures and involve government entities, the community and tourists.