Methodological proposal based on indicators for the assessment of the landscape tourist potential in rural areas: the case of the municipality of Atlautla (Mexico)
Methodological proposal based on indicators for the assessment of the landscape tourist potential in rural areas: the case of the municipality of Atlautla (Mexico)
Propuesta metodológica basada en indicadores para la valoración del potencial turístico del paisaje en áreas rurales: el caso del municipio de Atlautla (México)
Fonte: Cuadernos de Turismo; No. 42 (2018): Julio - Diciembre; 335-354
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Resumo: Including the landscape as a tool for tourism development planning is becoming more common in rural areas around the world. This paper describes a new method for evaluating the tourism potential of landscape in rural areas that are not incorporated to tourism yet, but where the existence of a broad natural and cultural capital is known. The method here proposed is based on the design and use of indicators to evaluate the quality of two complementary resources of tourism potential: types of landscape and tourist attractions. The application of the method in a municipality of central Mexico allowed determining the landscape type’s tourist potential based on its intrinsic quality plus the consideration of the quality of the tourist attractions that shelter in its interior. The results highlight the importance of the landscape-tourism relationship, considered at various scales of analysis, as the basis for planning sustainable tourism projects.
