Tourism, information, climate change: the case of the Poas Volcano National Park, Costa Rica
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https://doi.org/10.25145/j.pasos.2011.09.051Keywords:
climate change, media, information, Costa Rica, National Parks, visitorsAbstract
Climate change is the most important environmental issue of this century. The study was conducted analyzed a completed in 2008/2009, the field work was conducted during the months of April and May 2008, when, 996 visitors were interviewed in Volcan Poas National Park, Costa Rica, in relation to their attitudes toward climate change with, how and where they get their information on the topic. The park visitors interviewed average between 30 to 50 years in age( CR 31,USA 40 EU 33)
, 48% male and 52% females, 80% came in groups, between 20 and 40% had a university education of those ( CR 17, USA 35 EU 40) ,3.8% had post graduate degrees and 14% with doctorate degrees of the 3.8%. The average income for locals was between 1500 and 2000 dollars a month, and for Ameri- can between 4000 and 6000 dollars a month. The importance of climate change today in a scale of 0 to 5, in both groups Americans and Europeans between 1000 and 4000( 3305 EU).Costarricans gave an importance of 2 today and in fifty years, an importance of 4.The two groups indicated that defo- restation was the main cause, followed by cars emissions. Costarricans obtained their information on climate change in television and Americans responded on television, popular magazines and internet. In a topic with an unquestionable “acceptance” the problem due to what it may mean for the average person, clarity and simplicity, where two comments that came to the forefront, when additional comments, were requested in relation with the information they were receiving.
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