Zacatecas Cultural Traditions

The majority of all events take place near the kiosk in the middle of the Placita Olvera. The space is utilized efficiently in order to get all of the participants comfortable. I attended it on a Sunday; therefore it was really full with people, which made it hard to get somewhere fast. The street is filled with fluorescent colors, which make it a perfect marketplace atmosphere. The businesses mostly all differ because although they are mostly representing the Mexican culture, the shops represent certain cultural artifact of a certain place in Mexico. A shop that caught my attention as soon as I stepped onto Olvera Street was a shop that sold handmade poncho style backpacks because the designs really portrayed the traditional Mexican poncho. Many of the shops in this area will catch your attention due to their bright colors and culturally rich looks. The area contains a house called The Francisco Avila Adobe house, which is the oldest standing residence in the city. This house represents how house would look when the Spanish and the Mexicans occupied this area. Also, many shops are scattered throughout the street that portray a certain aspect of the Mexican culture such as the clothing, artistry, crafts, cobijas,

Heading to Paseo de La Reforma is the great destination for those who want to explore Mexico and buy elite items from designer clothes like Todo Moda, Zara and Bershka, expensive perfumes and glamorous jewelry. The Reforma 222 shopping mall is one of the attractions in the city, (covered by glass and towering over four levels)that you may want to go for a relaxing downtown experience.

About 300,000 people live in Tenochtitlan, they have ornate temples and open plazas. They also have open plazas and a lot of little shops. each decorated and full of supplies. There are restaurants, and places you could grab food and a drink. There is also fresh food and meat for sale. there is hairdressers, medicine shops, basket shops, herbs and embroidered clothing. people say that “The city was alive with people and color and culture”. And there is artist sculpting and painting all over the marketplace. It seems really creative and

The United States is at its North and Guatemala and Belize located in its South. It has a rich culture, history and traditions which have helped in shaping the legal system. A total of 31 states are present making it the third largest country in the entire Latin America with also one of the highest population. The population is more than 100 million people and this list it as the first country in the globe in respect to those who speak Spanish. Despite having developed both socially and politically in the last few centuries, Mexico still remains as one of the countries that observe their culture. This is more evident in the rural areas with events that are culturally centered still existing (Kelley,

I still remember when I was a child, I used to live in a small town named Tecolotlan, Mexico. Tecolotlan is a town full of folklore, culture, and friendly to visitors. Roads are made up of rocks, houses are buildup of bricks or mud and the town counts with a beautiful central square where every Sunday night people in town gather together to end up their weekend. Tecolotlan also counts with a beautiful forest and cascades; people around the region enjoys their morning with a hike and others enjoy their afternoon relaxing with the family. In Tecolotlan, people live of their own and livestock and crops like mangoes, pitayas, plums, corn and many other agriculture goods.

Huichapan is a small colourful town located at the south of Querétaro in Hidalgo, as soon as you get there you must visit one of its famous waterparks which use hot springs to fill their pools, you can also visit Huichapan´s museum which is full of ancient in good state artifacts which were used by prehispanic citizens speaking of which they also painted in caves near Huichapan and the best thing is that you can visit them, another great thing about Huichapan is that it has the tallest aqueduct in all Latin America, you can walk over it and enjoy beautiful breathtaking views, for a great view you should climb one of the mountains that sorround Huichapan and enjoy some amazing colourful sights , you will get hungry, after all Huichapan has

They developed an export production in the Hacienda where they specialized in specific items. They focus on selling grain, maize, wheat ,barley, beans, sugarcane, variety of produce in areas where it can grow well. As well as livestock, cacao, coffee, tobacco, cotton, rubber and woods. They grow their own crops in the hacienda and they market their products in the building. The Hacienda is related to a grocery store like La Mexicana Super Mercado as their both a market. La Mexicana does not produce their own product they order their produce and grocery from a company and they deliver it on Monday, Thursday and Saturday. In Thursday is when we help out and stock the supply because I know every aisle by heart. Hacienda and La Mexicana have a range of function not only they sell grocery but in La Mexican is a small restaurant, a bakery and a meat market. La Hacienda varies and size because it contains more than just a marketplace it has its own courtyard, church, cemetery and even a jail. It's like a metropolitan center the Hacienda and La

Wonderful and picturesque churches were constructed by Spanish like “Templo de Santo Domingo” or the “Zocalo”, this two places are quaint and you can see the all the handmade work. On the other hand you can visit the “20 de Noviembre market”

Tourism has its sociological impacts, environmental impacts, and economic impacts. When visitors come spend money in any place they travel to it creates jobs for locals and often times reduce the poverty rate. Tourism can help a community identify just who they are and why tourist like to travel to this area. They do this by showing distinct rare cultures that you can’t find anywhere else in the world. This is what draws tourist into and area. Tourism across the world is a rapidly growing and really can help the economy with a tourist attraction area. These impacts can be both positive and negative for tourist attraction areas. As tourism develops in a certain area it will either hurt the environment or help the environment in that tourist area. Tourist areas draw the construction of roads, airports, hotels, restaurants, shops, etc. These things will reduce the natural element of a tourist attraction area. Tourist attraction areas can help an area because some of the land is protected and conserved to keep the natural element of that area. Tourism has the ability to raise awareness to tourists of the important of the environment.

The Travel and Tourism industry is still one of the largest single businesses in world commerce and its importance is widely recognized. The tourism industry is now one of the largest sectors earning foreign exchange. In the face of many benefits, many countries have started assigning due weight age to the tourism industry in their national development agenda. Tourism is an industry that operates on a massively broad scale: it embraces activities ranging from the smallest sea-side hotel; to air-lines, multi-national hotel chains and major international tour operators. Originally, non-traditional industries such as tourism emerged as a solution to strike a balance between ecology and industry

David Weaver is a professor at Griffith University on the Gold Coast in Australia. He has a Ph.D. in Geography and has over 30 years of experience regarding tourism – and his specialities are within the areas of ecotourism, sustainable tourism and destination management. He has been both teaching and researching during his 30 years in the field, and also published academic books and other research materials. Some of his books are currently used in tourism courses at universities worldwide. There is a course called Globally Responsible Tourism at the Norwegian School of Hotel Management in Stavanger, which is mandatory for students studying a bachelor degree in tourism management. In this course Professor Weaver’s ecotourism book is used as the textbook, and in light of this course we became interested in sustainability and ecotourism in the first place. Luckily, he was teaching at the university we did our exchange semester at, and due to that we got the opportunity to interview him in person for this bachelor thesis.

This paper reviews Daniel Scott's article in the Journal of Sustainable Times "Why sustainable tourism must address climate change."

Sustainability is gradually becoming one of the tourism industries greatest focuses. To achieve proper sustainability we must find a balance between the growth of the tourism industry and the preservation of culture or “meeting the needs of the present tourists and host regions whilst also protecting and enhancing opportunity for the future” (UNWTO 1997). As the old paradigm that the natural environment is a commodity or resource that can be exploited for human benefit has shifted to that of a more preservation and restoration of the natural environment paradigm, consumers are now looking for ways to still have the same experiences from tourism but with added eco-friendly attitudes. This can be achieved through not closing off areas that

The concept of Ecotourism ( a concept pioneered during the early 1970’s to combat the negative impacts of mass tourism) is defined as “environmentally conscious, enlightening travel, to relatively undisturbed natural areas in order to enjoy and appreciate nature, while promoting local environmental conservation…and providing local socio-economic benefits through the participation of the local communities”. Responsible ecotourism programs are those that (1) minimize negative aspects of mass tourism on the environment, (2) contributes to environmental preservation efforts, (3) is economically beneficial for the local population and, (4) educates the tourist themselves. Ecotourism today is one of the tourism industry 's fastest growing subsector, with an estimated global annual growth of 15-19%. With this much money involved, governments as well as, tourism corporations heavily promote ecotourism programs, with their claims of environmental and social sensitivity but, there exist well founded concerns on its actual environmental impact, and whether it is viable as a solution to the world 's environmental problems. In this paper we will try to dissect the supposed benefits brought by ecotourism and provide an alternative and more viable solution.

However, sustainability should not put mainly on the economic side since sustainability of tourist attractions, i.e., the ecological sites and the heritage, is the core value of sustainable tourism. Although the government claimed that it has been keen on “promoting green tourism in Northeast New Territories and outlying islands having regard to the principles of nature conservation and sustainable development.” (GovHK, 2009), it is doubtful that, regarding its policy on green tourism, whether Hong Kong government has a clear and accurate vision for mass tourism that will incorporate the natural environment. Tourism should be regarded as a tool for ecological and heritage preservation but not the other way round, otherwise there is no true meaning of sustainable tourism. Apparently, there is still much room for improvement regarding the policy as more concern and control should be placed over the environmental sustainability so as not to override the economic sustainability on the environmental sustainability. The success of green tourism is largely dependent on effectiveness of government on planning and management to minimize the impact to environment and the effective distribution of ecological resources.