The Public Policy of the Alternative Tourism in Mexico: The Case of the Program of Alternative Tourism in Indigenous Areas (PTAZI) of the Commission for the Development of the Indian Peoples (CDI).

Abstract

Through this text I announce the importance of the development of the tourism sector as a new axis of accumulation of the current economy and as one of its most important segments is alternative tourism. We visualize the most important definitions that are being built on this topic and, as in the case of Mexico, Alternative Tourism faces several conflicts and few results regarding public policy. Data are given on the consequences of the Program of Alternative Tourism in Indigenous Areas (PTAZI) of the CDI and the scarce results of this program to achieve the improvement of the living conditions of the population.