Ecotourism Strategy Bahamas

Ecotourism Strategy and Investment Promotion, Great and Little Inagua Islands, Bahamas - Funded by the Inter American Development Bank, this project used the rapid assessment tool (RAT) designed by Conservation International and The George Washington University to evaluate the ecotourism potential of the island and develop recommendations for strategic actions for sustainable development.

Morton Salt, Inaguas by TDI

Community-based Tourism Guatemala

Community-Based Tourism Strategy for Piedras Negras, El Peru and Mirador, Guatemala – Conducted an assessment of the supply, demand (close to 400 interviews to tourists and tour operators in Guatemala, Belize and the US) and local organizations (mainly Community Cooperatives and local Tourism Committees) in these three archaeological sites and the four communities surrounding the sites (Bethel, La Tecnica, Paso Caballos and Carmelita) for Counterpart International. The project is being funded by USAID Guatemala and the objective is to assess the tourism potential in these communities and sites, as an alternative for economic development.

El Mirador, Guatemala by TDI

Ecotourism Strategy Panama

Ecotourism Strategy, Soberania National Park, PanamaFunded by USAID, the work consisted in assessing the ecotourism potential of a national park, which is to be linked with other two major attractions in Panama City. The goal is to develop a tourism cluster, using the value chain approach, to serve as model for protected area management. The team designed a pilot project to test an ecotourism management proposal. This project was done for the Academy for Educational Development (AED).

Soberania Park by TDI

Wildlife Tourism Strategy, Cambodia

Wildlife Tourism Strategy for the South Cardamom Mountains Cambodia.
This project assessed the potential for ecotoruism tourism development in the South West Elephant Corridor (SWEC) in the Cardamom mountain range, as a strategy for wildlife conservation, alternative livelihood for the communities, as well as a source of additional revenues for the local and national government. Funded by Wildlife Alliance (http://wildlifealliance.org/our-projects/ecotourism/).

Phnom Tamao Wildlife Rescue Center, Cambodia by TDI

Cultural and Ethnic Routes in Guatemala

Marketing Plan for the Cultural and Ethnic Routes in Guatemala for the Project “Competitive Development of Cultural Tourism in the Maya Indigenous Communities in Guatemala”, of the Guatemalan Chamber of Tourism, funded by the Inter-American Development Bank, Multilateral Investment Fund. Work consisted in secondary research and phone surveys to US and Spanish tour operators to provide a competitive analysis, market segmentation, target market demographic and psychographic profiles, and analysis of actual and potential demand.

La Tecnica, Guatemala by TDI