La Turistificación De Los Espacios Rurales en La Península De Yucatán: Una Perspectiva Geohistórica

Abstract

A lo largo de las últimas décadas el turismo se ha desarrollado como una de las principales actividades que potencializa la economía mundial. Esta actividad se ha posicionado como un nicho de oportunidad para los países en desarrollo, así como un eje estratégico para combate a la pobreza y marginación en aquellas comunidades rurales desapegadas del contexto industrial y urbano. En su versión alternativa emergida en la década de 1990, acompañada de los diferentes discursos ambientales, las tipologías más evidentes son el ecoturismo, el turismo de aventura y el turismo rural. En este orden de ideas, este documento expone como estos modelos en los últimos años se han expandido por diferentes contextos geográficos en la península de Yucatán, presentándose el afloramiento de iniciativas desde antes de 1994, y su desarrollo al 2016.

Tourism Development and Urban Landscape Conservation in Rural Areas: Opportunities and Ambivalences in Local Regulations

“…Additionally, because tourist activity favors the reaffirmation of territorial and cultural identity through the recognition of the traditions and particular characteristics of each place [27], it may well be expected that this heightening of tourist influx comes to exert a notable pressure on heritage assets and spaces [28,29]. This trend usually translates into the generation of conflicts over the use of space [30,31], a rise in housing prices [32,33], the substitution of various economic activities [34], the displacement of residents [34][35][36][37][38][39], and even, the impetus to symbolically dispossess the location from its sense of place [40,41], which may lead to the museification of a tourist spot.…”

Tourism Development and Urban Landscape Conservation in Rural Areas: Opportunities and Ambivalences in Local Regulations—The Case of Spain

“…Additionally, because tourist activity favors the reaffirmation of territorial and cultural identity through the recognition of the traditions and particular characteristics of each place [30], it may well be expected that this heightening of tourist influx comes to exert a notable pressure on heritage assets and spaces [31,32]. This trend usually translates into the generation of conflicts over the use of space [33,34], a rise in housing prices [35,36], the substitution of various economic activities [37], the displacement of residents [37][38][39][40][41][42], and even the impetus to symbolically dispossess the location from its sense of place [43,44], which may lead to the museification of a tourist spot.…”