Abstract

PEREZ-RAMIREZ, Carlos  and  ZIZUMBO-VILLARREAL, Lilia. Rural Tourism and Commonality: Socio-territorial Impacts in San Juan Atzingo, Mexico. Cuad. Desarro. Rural [online]. 2014, vol.11, n.73, pp.17-38. ISSN 0122-1450.

The development of rural tourism in San Juan Atzingo, state of Mexico, has been promoted bγ diverse international organizations, federal government agencies, private sector companies and even some civil society organizations. However, the activitγ has not been established and it is generating contradictor results on the components that determine the peasants' lifestyle and production. The paper identifies the socio-territorial impacts of the project Tlahuica Community-based Ecotourism (ECT), and it uses the commonalitγ proposal as a methodological framework for analyzing the implications for the territory the resources, the weakening of the organizational structures, the dγnamics of labor, reciprocity and even the transformation of typical cultural elements.

Keywords : tourism; rural; intervention; protected natural areas; impact; commonality; rural tourism; San Juan Atzingo (Mexico)- rural conditions; protected areas; environmental impact; natural resources; rural communities.

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