Evaluation of resources for the exploitation of the nature tourism in the state protected area of "Sierra del Tentzo" in Puebla, Mexico

Abstract

Last April 29th, 2011, the “Sierra del Tentzo” in the state of Puebla, México, was decreted as a natural reserve. It has an area of 57,815,28193 hectares, covering 13 municipalities. The goal of this research is to design a plan of the territorial space of the state reserve Sierra del Tentzo to guide nature tourism activities, and integrate the component of Tourism Management Program through a methodology that incorporates sustainability criteria. To achieve this general goal, we established two specific objectives: To evaluate the natural and cultural resources to know the potentiality and exploitation of the state reserve from the point of view of  tourism activity and to plan the tourist territory of the Sierra del Tentzo Reserve to project nature tourism activities.