Tourism Development, Territorial Dispute and Resource Appropriation In The Mayan Riviera, Mexico: The Case of Tulum National Park (original) (raw)

2012, Turismo, Globalización y Sociedades Locales en la península de Yucatan, Mexico

Abstract

Tourism development in protected natural areas usually leads to social conflict. The practice of territorial appropriation that is so characteristic of the expansion of tourist areas often ignites a struggle for environmental conservation in other sectors of society. This paper looks at these two forces at work in the case of Tulum National Park in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. On the one hand, those who want to do business with tourism question the legality of the park and appeal to their private property rights over its territory. On the other hand, those who want to preserve the environmental balance of the area appeal to the rights of the public and the legitimacy of the presidential decree that turned it into a natural protected area. Central to the development of tourism today is the appropriation and control of government institutions by elite groups and local politicians who—in association with corporations—seek to intervene in the tourism business. This work is a translated and corrected book chapter, originally published under the title of “Turismo, Áreas Naturales Protegidas y apropiación territorial”, in G. Marín Guardado, A. García de Fuentes and M. Daltabuit (Coords.), Turismo, Globalización y Sociedades Locales en la península de Yucatan, Mexico, PASOS RTPC, PASOS Edita Collection No. 7, Tenerife, Spain, pp. 139-156. Version translated by Luis L. Esparza-Serra.

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