Natural heritage and tourism in a higher education institution in South Mexico

Abstract

The objective was: Synthetisize the content of the Learning Unit (UA) Natural Heritage and Tourism into the Master Science: Sustainable Tourism Development at Autonomous University of Guerrero (UAGro). The method used was sustained in the documentary material checking: archives, books, magazines, Web pages on Internet, printed statistic data consulting, digital data bases and that included the direct observation, exploratory routes, photographic interviews with members of non-governmental organizations. It was developed according to the geographical approach which involved the spotting of the state of Guerrero in the national territory, the reading of printed and digital information about that Master’s Degree, as well as the relationship between local economic and social characteristics; all of this enriched with the social and formative approach. In this sense, the approach is multimodal or mixed since the qualitative and quantitative points of view through and they define the reach of this investigation with explanatory character. The results were: a compilation of works which appeared in the book “Sustainable Management of Tourism” was cited. The book was published in 2014 by PRAXIS publishing house as a reference book for students who are masters. It has to do with the natural heritage-tourism relationship. At the beginning of 2016 the proposal of contents of the homonymous Learning Unit for the Master’s level supported on the Competencies-Based Approach (EBC: Enfoque Basado en Competencias) was developed. To conclude, I can say that: 1) the UA Natural Heritage and Tourism contributes in a solid way to the growth of graduate students with competencies which allow them to make innovative proposals about situations society demands; 2) the topic natural heritage and tourism means an educational process of systematized character, involving facilitators, students and the information they handle and 3) education based on competencies and learning and teaching the natural heritage-tourism relationship are important to understand the world around us, every time more globalized.