Quiz 1 Flashcards
Skip Williams
Detroit businessman who owns two hotels in Mexico’s Copper Canyon country; he wants to limit tourism development to keep the area pristine
Trappings of successful tourism development
Strip malls, billboards, heavy traffic, tacky stands
Classic dilemma of tourism development
Mexico figuring out how to develop copper canyon- let in people and make accessible v restrict and keep untouched
Less is more
McWilliams persuading tourism authorities- he only builds 15 room, no-electricity hotels
Development vs restoration through tourism
McWilliams wants Batopilas restored back to cobblestone streets and old facades rather than rebuilt to suit foreign tourists
Common souvenir sold by Tarahumara
Violins; now they add embellishments for tourists (ie, head is a carved snake)