Planned tourism destinations, a strategy for
development?

dc.contributor.author	Guerrero-Rodríguez, Rafael	en
dc.date.accessioned	2015-02-05T13:27:55Z
dc.date.issued	2015-02-05
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/11400/5667
dc.rights	Αναφορά Δημιουργού-Μη Εμπορική Χρήση-Όχι Παράγωγα Έργα 3.0 Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/	*
dc.source	http://www.dratte.gr/DRATTE/V13.html	el
dc.subject	Tourism
dc.subject	Development
dc.subject	Cancun
dc.subject	Policy process
dc.subject	Politics
dc.subject	Τουρισμός
dc.subject	Ανάπτυξη
dc.subject	Κανκούν
dc.subject	Διαδικασία πολιτικής
dc.subject	Πολιτικές
dc.title	Planned tourism destinations, a strategy for development?	en
heal.type	journalArticle
heal.secondaryTitle	the case of Cancun, Mexico.	en
heal.classification	Geography
heal.classification	Tourism
heal.classification	Γεωγραφία
heal.classification	Τουρισμός
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heal.dateAvailable	10000-01-01
heal.language	en
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heal.recordProvider	Τεχνολογικό Εκπαιδευτικό Ίδρυμα Αθήνας. Σχολή Διοίκησης και Οικονομίας. Τμήμα Διοίκησης Επιχειρήσεων. Κατεύθυνση Διοίκησης Τουριστικών Επιχειρήσεων & Επιχειρήσεων Φιλοξενίας	el
heal.publicationDate	2010-09
heal.bibliographicCitation	Guerrero-Rodríguez, R. (2010). Planned tourism destinations, a strategy for development?: the case of Cancun, Mexico.. Tourism Issues .13. p.121-137.	en
heal.abstract	Abstract The development of tourism destinations worldwide has been portrayed as an effective vehicle to achieve development goals. The economic potential of tourism-related activities has captured the attention of several governments generating a special interest to obtain all its benefits for the local contexts in which tourists resorts are built. However, the experience has shown that tourism has failed -especially in developing countries- to contribute to development ends (Gamble, 1989; Richter, 1989; Sharpley and Telfer, 2002). This paper will examine the implementation of tourism policy in Mexico in the early 1970s. This policy included the planning and construction of tourist resorts throughout the Mexican coasts with the aim to transform these places into development poles. Cancun, one of the planned resorts, has become the most important Mexican destination contributing with approximately 35% of the Mexico’s total receipts by tourism-related activities (FONATUR, 2005). Its international fame derived from its explosive growth and massive marketing has historically eclipsed the social and political implications of the government’s intervention in this place. The lack of attention to these processes has produced an information gap that this paper wishes to address. This work utilises Hall’s (1994) model to examine tourism policy processes. Special consideration will be paid to some of the political and social consequences that this policy has produced over time. The main conclusion of this paper is that the design, implementation and subsequent changes of this policy in Cancun has had direct effects in the unequal distribution of benefits from tourism-related activities, privileging the interests of powerful groups -national and foreign- of the tourism industry over local interests on economic, social, environmental, political, or cultural development.	en
heal.publisher	ΔΡ.Α.Τ.Τ.Ε.- Ινστιτούτο Τουριστικών Μελετών και Ερευνών	el
heal.journalName	Τουριστικά θέματα	el
heal.journalName	Tourism Issues	en
heal.journalType	non peer-reviewed
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