‘Thanks God, this is not Cancun!’ Alternative tourism imaginaries in Yucatan (Mexico)

Azcárate, Matilde Córdoba

doi:10.1080/14766825.2011.620118

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“…Hacienda Temozon Sur, located in this region, contains spa, golf and accommodation all within an exclusive holiday resort. This elite holiday in the Hacienda highlights the distancing of tourists from the local population and being presented as an imaginary paradisiacal enchantment, quite different from the experiences of the local residents (Matilde 2011).…”

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“…However, the Mexican case of Huatulco, shows that enclave tourism does not benefit the locals where investments are concentrated in remote clusters (Brenner 2005). Using an ethnographic study, Matilde (2011) observes that the Yucatan peninsula consisting of the biosphere eco-reserve is one of the most pristine inland tourism destinations. Hacienda Temozon Sur, located in this region, contains spa, golf and accommodation all within an exclusive holiday resort.…”

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Luxury Tourism, Developing Destinations: Research Review and Trajectories

Thirumaran¹,

Raghav²

2017

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Contemporary tourism scholarship on luxury travel and destinations has largely focused on developed regions and mature destinations. The study of luxury tourism in emerging or developing destinations merits equal scrutiny. An examination of this composite dichotomy of luxury and developing destinations offers new ways of conceptualizing resources utilized, maintained and made available in emerging luxury destinations. There are three parts to this paper: 1) a survey of the literature to better understand the stage and state of luxury tourism in emerging destinations 2) an evaluation of developments and allocation of resources vis-à-vis luxury tourism and 3) identification of a research trajectory for luxury tourism as an emerging area in developing destinations. This study contends that though luxury tourism seemingly stands in an inverse relationship to developing destinations, it is important to understand the nascent stage of growth and challenges as found in existing literature into full circle.

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Luxury Tourism, Developing Destinations: Research Review and Trajectories

Thirumaran¹,

Raghav²

2017

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“…FONATUR's mission for Cancún was straightforward: to transform remote tropical lagoons and mangroves into an elite “sea, sun, and sand” resort destination . The Plan was strategically conceived as an economic device for extracting foreign currency from international markets by maximizing investment return through value‐added oceanfront real estate development (see Córdoba Azcárate ; Marín Guardado ; Manuel‐Navarrete ; Torres and Momsen )…”

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“…See also Coles (), Duval () and Patullo () for a discussion of similar cases of Caribbean mass tourism development and spatial implications. Specifically for the Mexican Caribbean, see Castellanos (); Córdoba Azcárate (), Córdoba Ordóñez and Córdoba Azcárate (), Marín Guardado (), Manuel‐Navarrete et al. (), and Torres and Momsen ().…”

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Enclosures within Enclosures and Hurricane Reconstruction in Cancún, Mexico

2014

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This article focuses on the reconstruction processes undertaken in Cancún, Mexico after hurricanes Gilbert in 1988 and Wilma in 2005. The article argues that both hurricanes facilitated the creation of an evolving logic of "enclosures within enclosures," whereby hotel and real estate investors, aided by government authorities, privatized and commoditized Cancún's public lands and resources for the exclusive use of the global tourism market. In practice, this meant a radical spatial, aesthetic, and economic reconfiguration of the Hotel Zone in Cancún from a low-density luxury resort to a mass tourism, all-inclusive resort destination after Gilbert, followed by the emergence of the contemporary timeshare high-rise condominium model after Wilma. With each new business model, investors strategically used post-hurricane reconstruction to redefine space, displace risk, and to reposition themselves and the city in global circuits of capital accumulation. The case of Cancún provides an empirically grounded example of how, in the aftermath of natural disasters, strategies of enclosure are deployed through approaches to governance, business models, and forms of architecture and surveillance all in the name of defending the public good, providing security, and enhancing economic growth.

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The porous state: Female mayors performing the state in Yucatecan Maya municipalities

Loyola-Hernández

2018

Political Geography

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This article analyses how female indigenous mayors manoeuvre, exhibit and transgress gendered, racial and ethnic performances of the state in Yucatán, Mexico. This article asks: How do female mayors' gendered, racial and ethnic performances affect their decision making? Indigenous subjects in Latin America have historically not been recognised as part of the state (Hale, 2002).Female mayors are positioned between two places. First, they are the state as they have been democratically elected. Second, they are categorised as female indigenous bodies. This interchange of power relations influences female mayors' decision-making. It will be argued that while some female mayors transform gender and racial norms in their municipalities, others reaffirm them. Whilst some mayors reproduce hierarchical racial-ethnic relations, others have found ways of confronting and utilising existing multicultural policies to create new relations between state and constituents such as incorporating the Maya language and customs in official municipal acts. These actions defy common multicultural practices of toleration and aim to counter the racism constituents have experienced in the past.

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‘Thanks God, this is not Cancun!’ Alternative tourism imaginaries in Yucatan (Mexico)

Cited by 7 publications

References 32 publications

Luxury Tourism, Developing Destinations: Research Review and Trajectories

Luxury Tourism, Developing Destinations: Research Review and Trajectories

Enclosures within Enclosures and Hurricane Reconstruction in Cancún, Mexico

The porous state: Female mayors performing the state in Yucatecan Maya municipalities

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