Citizenship and tourism: Two looks and a destination

Authors

  • Ana María Fernández Poncela Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana(Xochimilco)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v7i1.556

Keywords:

Tourists, Citizens, City of Mexico, Perceptions, Images and opinions.

Abstract

The text presents different eyes to the city of Mexico today. Its aim is to show and analyze images and opinions, memory, the imaginary and social representations of how brief and general. For this purpose has two social groups, domestic and foreign tourists are taken on the one hand, and of other habitants of the city. The methodology basically focuses on the application of interviews with both groups, review, comparison, analysis and interpretation. Finally there are coincidences and differences too in results obtained narratives, two eyes on the same object, the geographical and cultural, for the same destination. Something that refers to lot's people from a positive or a negative conception. Also the places, culture, history and activities seem positive to tourists. According to citizenship, fewer cars, better transport and more education and culture are desired.

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Author Biography

Ana María Fernández Poncela, Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana(Xochimilco)

Doctora en Antropología, profesora de la UAM/X, México.

Published

2013-04-13

How to Cite

Poncela, A. M. F. (2013). Citizenship and tourism: Two looks and a destination. Revista Brasileira De Pesquisa Em Turismo, 7(1), 68–91. https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v7i1.556