Tourism Gentrification and urban elitization in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
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https://doi.org/10.26512/patryter.v5i10.41213Keywords:
tourist services. commercial displacement. heritage city.Abstract
This research paper aims to analyze the progressive evolution of elitization of the touristic, accommodation, and food services due to the tourist gentrification in the heritage area and inner city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The methodology is structured into a theoretical analysis of gentrification, tourist gentrification, and elitization, in cooperation with a historical and documentary study where it is shown the progressive transformation of the city and its services, complemented with statistical and census data, surveys and study tours. The results obtained show that the preservation policies implemented in national and international heritage areas encouraged the arrival of groups of people with better economic resources, investors who injected capital into the city, and the creation of luxury restaurant and hotel establishments for the elite. This phenomenon triggered a process of commercial displacement, this phenomenon also potentialize the gentrification in the touristic and heritage area of the city.
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