State-Planned Tourism Destinations: The Case of Huatulco, Mexico

Brenner, Ludger

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“…The role of rural areas surrounding the resorts is to specialize in such tourism products, like nature-and culture-based products, which can not be produced in the cores. Brenner (2005) proposes that resorts could be regarded as starting points or gates for the trips to the unknown, attractive countryside. In this case, the travel model is called base camp (Oppermann, 1995;Stewart & Vogt, 1997), hub-and-spoke (McKercher & Lew, 2004 or base site (Lau & McKercher, 2007).…”

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Sustainable Tourism Planning and Regional Development in Peripheries: A Nordic View

Kauppila¹,

Saarinen²,

Leinonen³

2009

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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A BSTRACT In a declining periphery, tourism is often considered as a vehicle for regional development due to the positive economic impacts of the industry. However, tourism is not automatically the best saviour for all peripheral areas, because it can also cause some negative impacts. Therefore, sustainable planning is needed to balance the benefits and costs of tourism. The aim of this review is to discuss how to develop the tourism industry in order to create positive regional development in the peripheral areas in the Nordic context. The paper presents two approaches to the tourism planning and regional development nexus: the tourism-centred and regional development-centred. However, the structure of the regional economy and the tourism resources of the area set limitations for the application of these basic approaches in practice. In this respect, the proposed spatio-functional model would be an option to increase the positive regional development at the local level in a sustainable way. The model emphasizes a functional collaboration between industries in the core-periphery framework.

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Section: Conclusion and Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Sustainable Tourism Planning and Regional Development in Peripheries: A Nordic View

Kauppila¹,

Saarinen²,

Leinonen³

2009

Scandinavian Journal of Hospitality and Tourism

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“…Since 1974, several totally new state-planned coastal resorts, such as Cancún, Los Cabos, IxtapaZihuatanejo and Huatulco, have been created (see, for example, Jiménez, 1992;Gormsen, 1997;Clancy, 2001;Brenner and Aguilar, 2002;Brenner, 2005). This strategy of developing luxury resorts in naturally favoured locations and improving transportation systems, proved to be adequate for integrating Mexico into the global tourism market.…”

Section: Tourism and Backpacker Tourism In Mexicomentioning

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“…One key reason for this high position, of course, is the country's proximity to the USA, the point of origin of more than 80% of all of the country's international tourists (SECTUR 2006). However, despite Mexico's emphasis on promoting international tourism, domestic visitors still outnumber foreigners at most resorts (Brenner, 2005;SECTUR 2006). As a consequence of high growth rates since the 1970s, tourism is now an important sector of the country's economy: between 1993 and 1996, an average of 6% of the economically active population worked in businesses directly related to tourism, which contributed 8.2% of the GNP (INEGI, 2000).…”

Section: Tourism and Backpacker Tourism In Mexicomentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Zipolite (1000 inhabitants in the year 2000, see INEGI, 2002) lies on the Pacific coast in the state of Oaxaca, between the established resort of Puerto Escondido and the new luxury tourist destination of Bahías de Huatulco; the latter of which has received strong support from the Mexican government since 1984 (Brenner, 2005). Nevertheless, up to the 1970s the area was characterised by its remote location, low population density and high level of marginalisation (FONATUR, 1982).…”

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“…For this reason, the current population is highly heterogeneous in ethnic, cultural and socio-economic terms (Brenner, 2005).…”

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The evolution of backpacker destinations: the case of Zipolite, Mexico

Brenner

Fricke

2007

Journal of Tourism Research

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Despite the growing literature on backpacker tourism, little is known about the evolutionary patterns of the places that cater to such travellers. This paper analyses, first, the way in which established and current models of tourist development conceptualise backpackers and their destinations. In addition, it offers some specific suggestions that will allow them to explain the evolution of backpacker destinations in a more detailed manner. Then, results of field research conducted at Mexico's largest backpacker resort are presented, to illustrate its particular sociospatial evolution. The paper concludes that, when fuelled by an increasing number of arrivals and a growing demand for comforts, what were once drifter-dominated peripheral places may evolve gradually into well-established 'resorts' that satisfy contemporary backpackers' demands for infrastructure, natural settings and ambience. Developer-tourists with an affinity to backpacker culture are likely to become key actors as they come to gain control over land use and local economic development.

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Theorizing Precincts: Disciplinary Perspectives

Darcy¹,

Small²

2008

City Spaces - Tourist Places

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State-Planned Tourism Destinations: The Case of Huatulco, Mexico

Cited by 36 publications

References 22 publications

Sustainable Tourism Planning and Regional Development in Peripheries: A Nordic View

Sustainable Tourism Planning and Regional Development in Peripheries: A Nordic View

The evolution of backpacker destinations: the case of Zipolite, Mexico

Theorizing Precincts: Disciplinary Perspectives

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