Coastal Tourism in a Context of Neoliberal Development: Social Change in Mancora,Peru |
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Authors: | Fernando González Velarde |
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Affiliation: | University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain |
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Abstract: | The case of Mancora, Northern Peru, illustrates a process of neoliberalisation through which conceptions of place, local identities and the recent history of the place have been reformulated due to the rapid expansion of global tourism. In this former fishing village, tourism development altered local conceptions of place, allowing the emergence of contrasting projects for converting it into a beach resort. This process brought about a context governed by land conflicts and tension between local authorities, where local inhabitants reshaped their identities and the recent history of the place in order to gain or maintain ownership over valuable natural resources. |
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Keywords: | coastal tourism ethnography fishing villages neoliberalism Northern Peru peasant communities |
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