Migration and Tourism Development in Huatulco, Oaxaca

8 Configuring and Commoditizing the Archaeological Landscape: Heritage, Identity, and Tourism in the Tuxtla Mountains

“…Tourism becomes synonymous with representation because a certain image must be created and marketed—in some cases this image is strong enough to change the community's perception of itself, and therefore those in charge of that representation may have greater power than it may seem initially. While many investigations in Mexico conducted by anthropologists and social scientists from related disciplines demonstrate the negative impacts of tourism (Brenner ; Gullette ; Torres and Momsen Wilson ), we maintain that the present case is more complex in that tourism related development is also coinciding with a heightened local appreciation for the region's heritage.…”

“Ya no le temen a los humanos, verdad”: cultura de la conservación, hegemonía ecoturística e ideología ambientalista respecto a “la tortuga marina” en la costa de Oaxaca

“…El antecedente frente al cual deben apreciarse los cambios de los años referidos es la planeación y ejecución del complejo de Bahías de Huatulco (Gullette 2007). A inicios de la década de los ochenta, y de manera centralizada, el gobierno federal expropió tierras bajo criterios de utilidad pública y la administración de las secretarías de turismo e industria paraestatal.…”

“If we work in conservation, money will flow our way”: hegemony and duplicity on the Coast of Oaxaca, Mexico

“…Land dispossession and environmental degradation increased since Huatulco was selected as a strategic pole of development for a major touristic hub (Gullette 2007) in the early 1980s. While the trend toward tourist services was then set well before Ecosolar proposed its adoption for a market niche, it did not encroach on all the villages in the corridor until the hurricanes hit in 1997.…”