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The Jagged The Jagged Path to Path to Sustainable Sustainable Tourism in a Tourism in a World World Heritage City Heritage City Richard Shieldhouse  Center for Wor ld Her ita ge & Re sear ch St ew ar ds hi p  Univ ersi ty of Flor ida , , Gainesville Flor ida US A

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I i i h l l ffi i l d

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Interviews with local officials andobservers reveal a basket of

explanations.• Tourism strategy.• Branding and slogans .

• Political issues.

• Funding issues.• Data issues.• The Cervantino

Festival.

• Low-qualityrestaurants, hotels,shopping.

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Tourism strategy has beeninconsistent.

• Strategy tends tochange every threeyears with thechange in municipal

administration.• As we have seen in

the case of themining

communities,different strategiescan be in placesimultaneously. – Goals of the

strategies can

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Inconsistent strategy breedsinconsistent branding.

• “City of Lights”• “Cervantino

Capital of Mexico”

• “City of Romance.”

• “City of Legends”• “Your Experience

BecomesHistory”

• “Cradle of

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Other issues may be atplay.

• 2% hotel andrestaurant taximplemented in2000 may have

led to under-reporting of arrivals.

• Cervantino festival

had become a“cantina” by2000. – Drop in foreign

visitors may

be largelyattributable to

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Guanajuato’s failure in retainingforeign tourist flows may contribute to

its preservation.

• Public and privateinvestmenthave improved

the city’sappearance.

• Decline in visitorsmay havehelped tominimize

changes in the’

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