%0 Journal Article %T Turismo y preservaci¨®n ambiental: el desarrollo tur¨ªstico de Pen¨ªnsula Vald¨¦s, Provincia del Chubut %A Kuper %A Diego %J PASOS : Revista de Turismo y Patrimonio Cultural %D 2009 %I PASOS %X : According with academic research and the actors involved, the relationship between tourism an environmental preservation is seen in a positive way. In this relationship, preservated areas are seen previous from the tourist use, and it definition as a preservated area is independent from tourism. Tour-ism and tourism business only take advantage of these previous areas to transform them in tourist attrac-tive. The aim of this paper is to analyze critically the tourist valorization process of Peninsula Vald¨¦s. This article inquires the relationship between tourism and environmental preservation, observing that environmental preservation areas aren¡¯t previous and independent from tourism.and independent. %K Tourism %K Environmental preservation %K Heritage %K Pen¨ªnsula Vald¨¦s %K Patagonia. %U http://www.pasosonline.org/Publicados/7109/PS0109_7.pdf