Voices about the impact of tourism on the Agave Landscape

Comparisons between Tequila and Teuchitlan, Mexico

Bibliographic Data

ID4315434
AuthorsYael Dansac (0000-0002-2681-2301, École des hautes études en sciences sociales, corresponding author), Lucía González, Lucía González Torreros (0000-0001-8483-1837, Universidad de Guadalajara)
Year2014
Volume3
Issue4
Pages325
Publication date2014-01-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Journal of Tourism Anthropology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1759-0442 • E-ISSN: 1759-0450
PublisherInderscience Publishers (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1504/ijta.2014.065587
OpenAlexW1968121516
LanguageEN
Citations received1

Tourism development can be a desirable or undesirable phenomenon for the host communities. This document presents and compares the positive and negative social perceptions about tourism development in Tequila and Teuchitlan, two Mexican settlements on the Agave Landscape World Heritage Site . Both are respectively associated with the two most visited tourist attractions in the area, the Magic Town of Tequila and Los Guachimontones Archaeological Site . The opinions collected from the inhabitants of these villages point out several benefits perceived by the locals, such as employment diversification, local culture recovery, and the generation of new business. The increase in the crime rate, pollution, and the low redistribution of tourism gains were the common negative comments in both villages. The main purpose of this document is to survey the social perceptions of Tequila’s and Teuchitlan’s local residents since massive tourism arrived to this region in West Mexico in 2006

Agave · Archaeology · Business · Economics · Economy · Geography · Human settlement · Impacts of tourism · Tourism · Tourism geography · World heritage · Diverse Aspects of Tourism Research · Marketing

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