Tierra de propiedad social, turismo y expansión urbana en San José del Cabo, Baja California Sur (México).

Abstract

The newly created sun and sand tourist resorts in Mexico, called Integrally Planned Centers (CIP) by the National Tourism Promotion Fund (FONATUR), were created in underdeveloped areas with exceptional landscape features, and with the presence of large estates (ejidos) that had parts expropriated to devote to the new developments. This activity attracted an influx of immigrant workers that produced enormous pressure on the land available for development. The aim of this piece of research is to analyse the contribution made by the San José estate toward the creation of the Los Cabos CIP, as well as to the expan‐ sion of the city of the same name. The methodology used was of a qualitative nature, based on the evaluation of documentary research through consultations to the Diario Oficial de la Federación, the archives of the Registro Nacional Agrario and local press.