Citation
An Agent-Based Model of Household Livelihood Strategies in the Galapagos Islands: Impact of Jobs in Fishing, Fishing Restrictions, and Fishing Deregulation on Household Employment Decisions (2023).. Walsh, Stephen J. & Mena, Carlos F. (Eds.) (pp. 375-390). New York: Springer International Publishing.
Abstract
In the Galapagos Islands of Ecuador employment opportunities have historically revolved around jobs in fisheries, agriculture, and tourism. Today, tourism is the dominant employment sector for residents living in the Galapagos Islands as over 80-percent of residents are associated with tourism, often as their primary house hold livelihood alternative. Since the 1970s, tourism has exploded in the Galapagos Islands providing jobs, but also provoking national and international concerns for the environment and island sustainability more generally (Villacis and Carrillo 2013). With high flows of national and international tourists traveling to the Galapagos as well as a significant increase in population immigration, primarily Ecuadorians traveling to the Galapagos from the continent to work in the burgeon ing tourism industry, the expanding human dimension has brought satisfaction for those employed in tourism and concern for those engaged in conservation (Walsh and Mena 2016). As such, accelerated population migration has hastened the intro duction of invasive species, degraded ecosystems goods and services, expanded the consumption of local resources, and challenged local communities to provide basic services to support the expanding human dimension and at the same time to protect the environment (Epler 2007; Taylor et al. 2008). In 2019, approximately 35,000 residents populated the Galapagos Islands and 275,000 tourists visited the Galapagos as boat-based and/or land-based tourists. With nearly 150 visitation sites identified throughout the Galapagos Islands for tourism, and a population spread primarily over four islands within the archipelago, tourists and residents are consuming the amenity and other natural resources of the Galapagos Islands, thereby, threatening the sustainability of its island ecosystems (Kerr 2005; Honey 2008; Johannes de Haan et al. 2019).
URL
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-28089-4Reference Type
Book Section
Year Published
2023
Continent/Country
Galapagos
ORCiD
Walsh, S - 0000-0001-6274-9381
