From Currents to Capital: The Economics of Freshwater Tourism & Recreation Management

Join us for the final episode of our Freshwater Economics Season as we discuss all things tourism! We are joined today by two expert guests:Dr. Taylor Stein, Professor of Ecotourism in the UF School of Forest, Fisheries, and Geomatics SciencesDr. Sergio Alvarez, Associate Professor of Tourism Economics in Rosen College of Hospitality Management at the University of Central FloridaThis episode covers a wide range of topics including how tourism serves as a way to provide a valuation for our precious water resources, the costs and considerations behind effective recreation management, and a real life example of how these concepts can be seen played out at Wekiva Springs in Central Florida. Send us Fan MailThe opinions expressed by guests on this podcast are their sole responsibility do not represent positions, policies or opinion of the University of Florida, UF/IFAS, or the UF/IFAS Department of Food and Resource Economics.Got thoughts on the episode, questions for us, or an idea for what we should cover next? Reach out to us by email at [email protected] and Outro Music - "Just Kidding" - Ahjay Stelino. Used under the Mixkit Stock Music Free License.