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Tourism development and Conservation in the
Costa Maya, México. María del Carmen García
Rivas Banco Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve
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REGION COSTA MAYA
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Characteristics

• Rainforest, Wetlands, costal dune, coral reef,
  underground hydrologic system, Cenotes.
• The best preserved coral reefs of Quintana Roo

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Cultural and archeological Sites

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Socioeconomic Characterisitcs

• 2 Fishermen Villages, Mahahual and Xcalak
• Without
• solid waste managment
• freshwater managment
• local capacities to attend tourism

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TOURISM IN THE COSTA MAYA

• POET
• Planing Hotel rooms
• 10 000 (year 2000)
• 23 000 (year 2006)

Number of hotel rooms Costa Maya, México
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TOURISM IN THE COSTA MAYA
Number of visitors from cruises per year
Number of trip cruises per year
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IMPACTS OF THE TOURISM

• Massive tourism from cruises

• Changes in the marine currents

• Damage in costal dune

• Damage in reef structure (boats, dives)

• Destruction of Fish Aggregation sites

• overfishing

• Sedimentation

• Habitat lost and fragmentation

• Negative effects on landscaspe

• waste and pollution
• Less fresh water
• Socioeconomical inequity

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PLANING LEGAL TOOLS

• Territorial Managment POET
• Urban Program PDU
• More than 100 000 people in 2030

• Population for 2030 in Mahahual

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Surveillance and legal achievement
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ESTADO DE CONSERVACION
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ZONNING
XCALAK NATIONAL PARK
BANCO CHINCHORRO BIOSPHERE
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MPA Tourism Regulations

• Administrative rules
• Carring Capacity
• 150 visitors p/d in Banco Chinchorro Biosphere
  Reserve.
• 200 visitors p/d Arrecifes Xcalak National Park
• permissions
• Public Use Program
• Monitoring

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MPA Tourism regulation

• Fee payment
• Surveillance
• Benefits to the community (legal)

• 2005
  2006

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MPA Tourism regulation

• Capacity building in the local Community (dive,
  first aids, sport fishing, computing, tourist
  service, basic education).
• Marketing

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Enviormental Education
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Contingencies attention and restoration

• Hurricanes, groundings and oil spills.

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Conclussions

• The Costal Maya Region is at risk because of
  tourism development, specially cruises.
• The tourism cruises increse the pressures on the
  reef.
• The MPA is the most successful tourism managment
  tool.
• Benefits of tourism are equally shared amongst
  local inhabitants, except for those from Banco
  Chinchorro Biosphere Reserve.

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RECOMENDATIONS

• Inlcude urban impacts in the POET (Charge
  Capacity and Limit Acceptable of Charge).
• Planning and establishments for nautic activities
  including cruise rutes
• Achivement of monitoring objetives.
• Increase the supervision and Surveillance
• Involve the cruise industry in to the planning
  and provide sustainable land use funding.
• Include healthy reef indicators in the
  Environmental agenda.