Socio-Cultural Impacts of Tourism in the integrally planned Center Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Perception of local residents

With the argument that a favorable attitude depends on the positive perception of tourism, the present paper presents an research report which identified the positive impacts (or benefits) and negative impacts (or costs) incurred by tourism according to the perception of residents of Loreto, Baja California, Mexico, an Integrally Planned Center (cip). Through a combination of qualitative and quantitative techniques, we found that the inhabitants of cip Loreto perceive more benefits than costs, especially in the generated employment opportunities and the implementation of more and better infrastructure and services that, although made for tourists, is also enjoyed by local residents. Due to the large volume of tourists, negative effects are not yet evident for most, but some tourism service providers perceive second home tourists as "unfair" competition..