The goal of this project, accomplished in partnership with Seven Hills Global Outreach and Asociacion Sostenible Para El Desarrollo Integral y Turistico De Loma Linda (ASODILL), was to address the economic downturn caused by the recent outbreak of coffee rust in Loma Linda, Guatemala by sourcing new volunteers to participate in an educational tourism program in the community. Through our research on Loma Linda and the community’s needs, and by conducting surveys and multiple interviews, we have developed a list of recommendations in sourcing parties interested in future travel, itineraries for each trip, and marketing strategies.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Geist, Douglas Richard
• Gouzias, Hannah Leigh
• Schiffhauer, Earl Michael

Subject

• Environment
• Community
• Industry
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050415-150328

Keyword

• Agriculture
• Tourism
• Sustainability
• Sustainable development--Economic aspects

Advisor

• Pfeifer, Geoffrey
• Rosbach, Derren
• Bakermans, Marja

Year

• 2015

Sponsor

• Seven Hills

Date created

• 2015-05-04

Location

• Loma Linda

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright