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The tourist activity promoted in Gran Valparaíso has not achieved the expected redistribution of benefits; conversely, it has strengthened socio-territorial inequality by concentrating the profits generated in specific areas. In order to overcome this situation, the State and other social actors have found in the concept of sustainability a reference that seems to respond to new ways of tourism in a more responsible and ethical way. Through an analysis of statistical information and official documents on tourism activity, and interviews with social organizations and small businesses linked to tourism and urban problems, the way in which the concept of sustainability begins to be co-opted by "officials" discourses to optimize the tourism strategy used so far and, at the same time, it has become a unifying element of different tourism oppositions promoted by other social actors. The official and the opposing discourses show discrepancies in the understanding, use, appropriation, and resignification of sustainability, however, it is the social actors who carry out concrete actions through their initiatives in the search for a fairer city, integrated and supportive.

Actualmente el proceso que utilizan los destinos turísticos para definir estrategias de promoción, se basa en los índices de competitividad turística. Sin embargo, solo algunos de estos modelos incluyen el tema de la cultura y ninguno el efecto que tiene en sus visitantes, lo que deriva en un sesgo importante en el proceso de medición de la capacidad para generar lealtad en los clientes objetivos en destinos netamente culturales, tales como las ciudades Patrimonio de la Humanidad, y por ende, en una menor capacidad, por parte de los responsables de la promoción del destino, para lograr construir las mejores estrategias a aplicar. Así, con el uso del Índice NID se logra conocer con mayor precisión un amplio espectro de necesidades del visitante cubiertas por el destino y, por consiguiente, permite generar estrategias más efectivas que deriven en un mayor retorno del cliente y recomendaciones más favorables hacía otros posibles visitantes.

This paper investigates the characteristics of the private accommodation offered on the digital intermediation platform known as Airbnb. The emergence of this digital accommodation offer has contributed to modifying both the structure and dynamics of the traditional accommodation industry as well as the travel experience of contemporary tourists worldwide. This work focuses on exploring the case of the city of Guanajuato, one of the main urban-cultural destinations in Mexico. Through a data mining methodology, information collected and analyzed automatically and systematized to gain a better understanding of the characteristics of this offer, including its size, dynamics, and evolution. The results obtained here allow the identification of these characteristics and, at the same time, promote reflection on their immediate effects within the destination. Based on the findings of this study, other destinations could consider conducting similar research exercises.

Rural tourism is a type of leisure that has gained increasing importance in the tourist markets of central Mexico, although in many cases the demand is incipient, given the lack of a comprehensive tourism product in many rural areas. The aim of this paper is to identify the characteristics of the rural tourist profile, through the study of the demand in some rural destinations in the State of Mexico. The analysis was conducted through a multiple case study, using digital ethnography, survey and observation, to have a better understanding of the object of study. The profile of the tourist was established and an analysis was carried out on subjective and objective aspects in the consumption of rural tourism services. These aspects allow us to identify that, even when tourism demand is unstable, the rural tourism enterprises studied have been gradually consolidated due to the local development of capacities.

The social relationships in a community are framed in a set of values and in ways of interpretate the reality to make a common trajectory. The identity, solidarity, cooperation and reciprocity (features of the social capital), define the common trajectory of the decisions of the communities and, at the same time, they allow an approach to the shared development strategies. The presence of the social capital makes to assume that the community development, understood like a set of thought actions and dialogued from inside of the community that are undertaken to get better the life conditions of the population, it might conceive like a solution strategy of the day-to-day dispute at the inside of the community. With information from the ethnographic method, supported with no participatory observation, semi-structured interviews, files reviews and hemerographic, field journal, photographs and videos, the objective of this article is to analyse the relationship between social capital and community participation, in the frame of the social results in projects of nature tourism, implemented by the other CDI in two wixaritari towns of the state of Nayarit displaced by the construction of the reservoir of the hydroelectric dam of Aguamilpa: Colorado de la Mora y Potrero de la Palmita. The research shows that not in all the cases have been verified successful experiences, less when this are implemented in a vertical way. It was found that the community participation of the indigenous population in the projects of nature tourism shows an estrangement with the identity of the population, that generates limiting in the formulation, application and evaluation of the projects implemented in the state of Nayarit. The touristic project of the Ejido Colorado de la Mora, didn’t generate attachment with the indigenous population, that cause the abandonment of the tourism project; however, in the Comunidad Potrero de la Palmita exist an interaction between the community participation and the identity of the population of this community, that, even though doesn’t show a high visitors rate, an attachment is seen and an interest in the project from the members of the community.

This text tries to relate the phenomenon of flygskam or shame of flying with the pragmatist ethics of the art of living. First, the meaning of the flygskam and its ecological motivations are briefly presented, followed by a brief overview of some conceptions of the ars vivendi proposed throughout the history of Western philosophy. Then, the Deweyan notion of the art of living is explained, constituted by the dispositions that make it possible to learn from experience, before presenting Rorty's conception, influenced by the idea of the strong poet formulated by Bloom and which clearly shows a duality between the dimensions of solidarity and self-creation. The following section deals with the consequences of considering that the flygskam is capable of encompassing both dimensions, presenting the results of an empirical study carried out in Sweden and also taking into account both the current expansion of tourist activity and the strong influence of the Internet and social media in today's world. The text ends with some reflections in which an attempt is made to respond to certain criticisms about the possible superficiality of some content on social networks, and to contextualize the exposition in the face of the current COVID-19 pandemic, as well as to explore the relationships between art of living and the technology available at each historical moment.

The purpose of this paper is to build a multisectoral impacts framework derived from de economic contraction faced by tourism in the Covid-19 pandemic context. For this, is used an Input-Output Model updated with the 2019 economic census values complemented with the Mexico´s National Accounts data. The objective is reaching a characterization before and after the closure of tourist activities. The results obtained through hypothetical extraction techniques, in impact simulation, show the gross value product contraction magnitude by subsector, also they allow to get a measure in order to reach a faster economic recovery along all the activities linked to tourism.

Introduction. The discussion around academic achievement in the context of distance education has raised the need to develop studies that allow identifying the variables that best predict it. The objective of this research was to analyze the fit of a structural equations model that assumes that sociodemographic variables, personality traits, motivation and learning styles are predictors of academic achievement. Method. 354 distance psychology students from a private university in Bogotá D.C., who were recruited from a stratified probability sampling, voluntarily participated. It was a non-experimental explanatory study applying the technique of structural equations. Results. Findings indicate that characteristics such as being male, older, with a theoretical and / or reflective style favor GPA, as well as open-mindedness and tenacity, while the identified motivation and amotivation negatively affect students GPA. Discussion and Conclusions. The proposed model agrees with the studies in face-to-face mode by showing that both sociodemographic and non-cognitive variables are relevant to explain academic achievement in distance learning model.  

Introduction. Research has shown that burnout is one of the main causes of teachers’ affectations. However, less is known about coping strategies for its prevention. This study analyzed the risk of teachers’ burnout profiles from a socio-contextual approach. Our primary hypothesis was that a greater adjustment between the teacher-work environment and the use of coping strategies -self-regulation and co-regulation- contribute to reducing the risk of experiencing symptoms of burnout. Method.  Participants were 470 university teachers from México who completed the Proactive Strategies Scale and the Socio-contextual Scale of Teaching Burnout (Pietarinen et al., 2013; Pyhältö et al., 2020). Results. Findings showed three teachers’ burnout profiles based on the study variables. An association was detected between high levels of self-regulation and co-regulation and a lower risk of burnout. Results also showed a relationship between burnout and the socio-demographic variables. Discussion and conclusions. Findings imply that using proactive coping strategies - self-regulation and co-regulation- might prevent teacher burnout, especially when teachers face various professional challenges and demands. This refers to the need to establish resources to support teachers using a contextual approach to promote and develop active coping strategies that allow them to face present or future stressful situations.

Introduction.  Analysis of the relationship between test scores and other variables provides an important source of evidence for validity. As a new instrument, evidence of validity of Pictorial Vocational Interest Inventory (PVII) is needed to support its psychometric properties. The purpose of this study is to obtain evidence of the validity of Pictorial Vocational Interest Inventory (PVII) based on relationships with other instrument which is Vocational Interest Scale (VIS). Method.  570 high school students were asked to complete Pictorial Vocational Interest Inventory (PVII) and Vocational Interest Scale (VIS). The multitrait-multimethod was conducted by correlating the score of the Pictorial Vocational Interest Inventory (PVII) with the score of Vocational Interest Scale (VIS). Results.  Evidence of convergent validity was found in the Realistic, Artistic, and Investigative interest types. However, the results of the study did not show evidence of convergent validity for Social, Enterprising, and Conventional interest types. The negative correlation found in the Realistic-Social, Investigative-Enterprising, and Artistic-Conventional interest type relationships indicates the evidence of discriminant validity. Discussion and Conclusion.  The evidence of validity obtained in this study supports the evidence of validity that has been obtained previously which are evidence of content validity and evidence of internal structure validity of the Pictorial Vocational Interest Inventory (PVII). The items of Pictorial Vocational Interest Inventory (PVII) need to be developed further to strengthen the representation of each type of interest.