Tourism index page

This Tourism index page lists the most relevant posts on Geo-Mexico related to tourism, including history of tourism in Mexico, types of tourism, major resorts, and current trends. It is updated periodically.

Importance of tourism:

• Mexico welcomed a record 32.1 million tourists in 2015 (Mar 2016)
• The importance of tourism to Mexico’s economy (Mar 2010)
• Is tourism in Mexico expanding? (Sep 2010)
• How well is tourism doing this year in Mexico? (2012)
• Mexico’s tourism development policies: a model for the world? (Aug 2015)

History of tourism in Mexico, hotels, publicity campaigns:

• The development of railways led to tourist guide books
• Review of “Holiday in Mexico: Critical reflections on tourism and tourist encounters”
• Mexico hosts 2014 World Tourism Day
• Mexico has seven of the world’s 100 best hotels (Jan 2015)
• Some of Mexico’s top hotels have sustainable tourism certification from EarthCheck (Sep 2010)
• Eat here to believe it! The second phase of Mexico’s “Live It To Believe It!” tourism campaign (Nov 2014)

Magic Towns:

• Mexico’s Magic Towns (Sep 2015)
• The distribution of Mexico’s Magic Towns (with links to earlier posts)
• Mexico’s Magic Town program loses its shine
• Mexico’s Magic Towns program going international
• Mexico’s Magic Towns program under review (Mar 2014)

Cancún and the Riviera Maya (Maya Riviera), Quintana Roo:

• Quintana Roo, Mexico: Is mass tourism a form of colonialism? (Dec 2015)
• The growth of Cancún, Mexico leading tourist resort
• Ecological footprints, marine conservation and Cancun’s underwater sculpture park
• Tourist numbers for Cancún, 2000-2014
• The resort city of Cancún continues to grow  (Apr 2014)
• Beach erosion in the tourist resort of Cancún, Mexico (Dec 2010)
• Beach replenishment needed in Quintana Roo (Mar 2015)
• Another Cancun hotel construction project stopped (Apr 2016)
• Ecocide in Cancún: mangroves destroyed overnight (Jan 2016)

Huatulco and Oaxaca:

• The development of Huatulco, the tourist resort in southern Oaxaca
• Villages near Huatulco, Oaxaca: a case study in the “Integrated Administration of Natural Resources”
• Community-based ecotourism in La Ventanilla, Oaxaca: success or failure? (Jun 2015)

Acapulco:

• When did Acapulco first become a tourist resort?
• Does tourism in Acapulco match Butler’s resort cycle model?

Geotourism and ecotourism in Mexico:

• Geotourism and geomorphosites in Mexico
• 30 top geotourism sites in Mexico (Geo-Mexico special)
• Cultural and eco-tourism in the Copper Canyon region of Mexico
• How ecological is ecotourism in Mexico?
• Will the southern state of Chiapas become a haven for ecotourism based on mangrove swamps? (Oct 2014)
• The downside to publicizing one of Mexico’s most beautiful beaches (May 2016)

Cruise ships:

• Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, becoming Mexico’s first home port for cruise ships
• Sharp decline in number of cruise ships visiting Mexico (Jul 2011)

Lake Chapala, Ajijic, Chapala and the Lerma-Chapala basin:

• Retirees and “residential tourism”: a case study of Chapala-Ajijic in Jalisco
• Day trips and tourism in the Lerma-Chapala basin
• Tourism’s environmental impacts in the Lerma-Chapala drainage basin
• How can tourism perception be assessed? A case study using the Lerma-Chapala drainage basin
• Will UNESCO give World Heritage status to Lake Chapala? (Sep 2015)

Megaproject proposals and conflicts over tourism:

• lans for a tourism megaproject in Sinaloa, a Pacific Coast “Cancún”
• Conflict at Cabo Pulmo: mass tourism meets ecotourism (Nov 2011)
• New threat to Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park (May 2014)
• Back to the drawing board for US-Chinese tourism project near Cabo Pulmo (Jun 2014)
• Yet another tourism megaproject, this time in Nayarit (Jun 2016)

Specialized forms of tourism (tourism niche markets):

• Medical tourism and the medical equipment industry in Mexico (Jun 2014)
• Concert tourism> tourism based on major events in Mexico (Apr 2010)
• The 2014 Tecate SCORE Baja 1000 off-road race

Other (miscellaneous):

• Transborder geotourism mapguide for northern Sonora and southern Arizona
• Mexico’s webcams
• Mexican artist-geographer helped put Bali on the tourist map…
• The Aqueduct of Padre Tembleque: a World Heritage Site

Other Geo-Mexico index pages:

• Migration and remittances: an index page (25 Oct 2014)
• Maps of Mexico on geo-mexico.com (24 Nov 2014)
• The geography of Mexico City: index page (2 April 2015)
• 30 top geotourism sites in Mexico (Geo-Mexico special) (May 2015)
• The geography of Mexico’s drug trade: an index page (18 Jun 2015)
  
• The geography of Mexican farming, agriculture and food production: index page (22 Jun 2015)
• The geography of Chiapas (20 Aug 2015)