TY - JOUR N2 - In 1981, Polish canoeists (members of the Bystrze Academic Travel Club) made the first journey along the waters of the River Colca in the section located in Arequipa Province (Peru), along which the waters flow in a deep canyon. Information on this sporting achievement – and a description of the Canyon and its surrounding area filled the Peruvian press and tourist publications around the world, ensuring that the Colca Canyon became one of the most important goals for tourists anywhere in Peru from that time on. However, mass infl uxes of tourists, noisy trips, the development of hotel infrastructure and other items required in tourism have generated permanent change in the character of the Colca Valley, and done much to influence the lives of its inhabitants. L1 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/108943/PDF/8%20AGUILAR%20i%20in.pdf L2 - http://www.journals.pan.pl/Content/108943 PY - 2018 IS - No 25 EP - 92 DO - 10.24425/igbp.2018.124893 KW - sustainable development KW - rural areas KW - Colca Canyon KW - Peru KW - the role of tourism A1 - Córdova Aguilar, Hildegardo A1 - Czerny, Mirosława A1 - Czerny, Andrzej PB - Polish Academy of Sciences DA - 2019.01.02 T1 - Sustainable development of a rural area in the face of pressure from large tour operators? The example of Peru’s Colca Canyon SP - 75 UR - http://www.journals.pan.pl/dlibra/publication/edition/108943 T2 - Papers on Global Change IGBP ER -