Geopolitics in a “periphery of pleasure”. Touristic coloniality in Costa Rica

Abstract

This article studies some geopolitical features that affect the consolidation of Costa Rica as
a touristic “pleasure periphery” for so-called first world countries. These conditions initiate
from the international context, through Central America, at the smaller conditions of
Guanacaste province, up to the particularity of its district Sardinal. These situations are
globally strained by the intimate relationship between migration and tourism, marked by
new forms of coloniality.