Residents’ perceptions of tourism impacts in Piste, Yucatan

The objective of this article is to analyze the perception of the Piste residents, in the Mexican state of Yucatan, about the economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism that reaches the archaeological site of Chichen-Itza. Within this tourist process, Piste is located as an obliga...

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Autores: Enseñat Soberanis, Fernando, Dávila Valdés, Claudia, Albornos Rodríguez, Lucelly Verónica
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2021
País:México
Institución:UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE YUCATÁN
Repositorio:Antrópica. Revista de Ciencias Sociales y Humanidades
Idioma:español
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs2.www.antropica.com.mx:article/265
Acceso en línea:https://antropica.com.mx/ojs2/index.php/AntropicaRCSH/article/view/265
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:impactos del turismo
percepción de los locales
Chichén Itzá
desarrollo turístico
turismo
percepción de locales
tourism impacts
local perceptions
Chichen Itza
tourism development
tourism
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Sumario:The objective of this article is to analyze the perception of the Piste residents, in the Mexican state of Yucatan, about the economic, socio-cultural and environmental impacts of tourism that reaches the archaeological site of Chichen-Itza. Within this tourist process, Piste is located as an obligatory point of passage to reach this archaeological site and this site represents the main source of employment for the inhabitants. To carry out this research, we used a qualitative method in which 18 semi-structured interviews were carried out, as well as on-site observation work. We were able to observe that the perceptions of the population regarding tourism are positive since for the residents the economic benefits are even greater than the social and environmental costs. Given that the population is heavily dependent on tourism, the tendency is to justify the negative impacts for the sake of the local economy.