Economic Development and Nostalgic Tourism in Southern Mexico

Authors

Anabel López Salinas, University of OregonFollow
Rachel Elizabeth Buckley, Syracuse UniversityFollow
Rafael Gabriel Reyes Morales, Instituto Tecnologico de OaxacaFollow

Keywords

Nostalgia Tourism, Migration, Economic Benefit, Local Development, Oaxaca, Mexico

Abstract

Nostalgia tourism is very important for the state of Oaxaca, Mexico. In San Juan Bautista Coixtlahuaca, a community in the Mixteca region of Oaxaca, nostalgia tourism, along with remittances, strengthens economic activities, consumption, and household well-being. However, the annual average stay of visitors to the region is low and not enough to sustain local development. Results from an interview with thirty people from Coixtlahuaca, but residing outside of the community at the time of the interview, show that there is a need to invest in services that help to retain nostalgia tourists as well as increase national and international tourism, which will increase the economic benefit to the community.

Publication Date

June 2016

DOI

10.15760/hgjpa.2016-1.5

Persistent Identifier

http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/17379

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.

Recommended Citation

López Salinas, Anabel; Buckley, Rachel Elizabeth; and Reyes Morales, Rafael Gabriel (2016) "Economic Development and Nostalgic Tourism in Southern Mexico," Hatfield Graduate Journal of Public Affairs: Vol. 1: Iss. 1, Article 5.
https://doi.org/10.15760/hgjpa.2016-1.5