Revista Brasileira de Pesquisa em Turismo (Apr 2013)

Citizenship and tourism: Two looks and a destination

  • Ana María Fernández Poncela

DOI
https://doi.org/10.7784/rbtur.v7i1.556
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 7, no. 1
pp. 68 – 91

Abstract

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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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