Ecoturismo Comunitario y Género en la Reserva de la Biosfera de Los Tuxtlas (México)

Abstract

Communities living in natural protected area are faced with the need to modify their way of life. Those changes refer not only to an inevitable shift in production activities, but also aspects of their society and culture. This shift may allow for an expanded role for women. Ecotourism can be an opportunity for women to engage in not just environmental education, but to play an expanded role in the control and use of resources, and as active participants in designing their communities' development.

Keywords

• Ecotourism
• Natural Protected Area
• Gender.