Sun and Sand Ecotourism Management for Sustainable Development in Sisal, Yucatán, Mexico

Yari Tatiana Meza-Osorio, Gabriela Mendoza-González () and M. Luisa Martínez
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Yari Tatiana Meza-Osorio: Unidad Mérida, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tablaje Catastral N°6998, Carretera Mérida-Tetiz Km. 4.5, Municipio de Ucú 97357, Mexico
Gabriela Mendoza-González: Unidad Mérida, Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Tablaje Catastral N°6998, Carretera Mérida-Tetiz Km. 4.5, Municipio de Ucú 97357, Mexico
M. Luisa Martínez: Institute of Ecology, A.C. (INECOL), Xalapa 91073, Mexico

Sustainability, 2024, vol. 16, issue 20, 1-18

Abstract: The promotion of tourism without planning or management can lead the degradation of ecosystems and conflictive social dynamics. This study was conducted in a coastal location where tourism has recently intensified and aimed to reconstruct the preliminary history of tourism and analyze which social groups were involved in tourism and conservation for conducting an ecotourism management. A qualitative content analysis was conducted based on the perceptions of developers, authorities, and tourists in the locality. The results identify social groups involved in the use of ecosystems within the context of local tourism, their interactions, interests, and actions. An analysis of actions contrary to the conservation of these ecosystems that cause land use conflicts and hinder the development of endogenous local tourism was conducted. Social movements and collective actions reveal common interests and values among the inhabitants of Sisal that reveal the potential for transformation into a sustainable tourism project for endogenous local development.

Keywords: coastal ecotourism management; Community-based Tourism (CbT); Nature-based Tourism (NbT); social capital; social conflicts; sustainability (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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